The United Federation of Teachers Cancels $25 Virtual Workshop On How To Resist The ‘harmful effects of whiteness in our lives’

When Is It OK To Kill Whites? – The American Conservative

“In order to be equal, in order to be liberated, some white people might have to die,” Former Texas A&M Professor Tommy Curry.

I wonder what it is like to be a white student studying under Dr. Curry in his classroom?

Dr. Tommy J. Curry is Leaving the U.S. to Establish Black Male Studies …

Dr. Tommy J. Curry—arguably one of the nation’s most prolific philosophers of race, whose research focuses on the Black male experience— is leaving the United States to become the Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

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Participants will leave the workshop with a better understanding of how to center ourselves as a form of resistance against the harmful effects of whiteness in our lives…

NYC teachers union’s workshop on ‘harmful effects of whiteness’ canceled after influx of ‘hate’

By Rich Calder, Carl Campanile and Jesse O’Neill March 27, 2023

A controversial seminar about white privilege that had been planned by the city teachers’ union for Monday was abruptly canceled — because its host was inundated with “hate messages and disparaging comments.”

The United Federation of Teachers — which represents more than 190,000 teachers, paraprofessional educators and child care workers in the five boroughs — had planned the virtual “Holding the Weight of Whiteness” seminar for 4 to 6 p.m. before it was postponed over blowback from politicians and online commenters.

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The optional course for licensed mental health professionals was focused on “cultural humility and inclusion” and sought to teach educators “how whiteness relates to privilege and identity, and how both become normalized and invisible,” according to literature promoting the event.

“Participants will leave the workshop with a better understanding of how to center ourselves as a form of resistance against the harmful effects of whiteness in our lives, the organizations we work for or direct, and the communities in which we serve,” according to a promo on Instagram.

Attendees would have earned two hours of credit for their continuing-education resume, which eventually results in higher pay.

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