Colleges Train Future Teachers In Work Of Robin DiAngelo, Queer Theory, And ‘White Radicalism’

 Future educators are instructed in the work of “White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo in over a dozen universities across the country, according to Parents Defending Education.

The revelation was included in a recent report from Parents Defending Education, a group focused on ridding ideology from education, that took a deep dive into education class syllabi from 67 universities across the 34 states. The report found that Critical Race Theory and anti-white rhetoric was deeply embedded into the coursework of America’s future educators.

In course description syllabi, Parents Defending Education found 54 references to Critical Race Theory, 28 references to critical theory, 18 references to “oppression” and/or “power,” 55 references to Paulo Freire and the “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” 16 references to Robin DiAngelo, 34 references to “queer” or the tenets of queer theory, 31 references to white privilege, 20 references to white supremacy, and 28 references to whiteness.

Courtesy of Parents Defending Education

DiAngelo, who is featured in Daily Wire host Matt Walsh’s new documentary “Am I Racist?,” is well-known for promoting the idea that all white people are racist.

Her work is taught in at least 16 of the universities surveyed, including the University of Southern California, the University of Florida, the Chaminade University of Honolulu College of Education, the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, Missouri State University, the University of New Hampshire, Ohio State University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point, and others.

Parents Defending Education researcher Rhyen Staley told The Daily Wire that it was inappropriate for students to be instructed in Robin DiAngelo’s work.

“The fact that current and future K-12 teachers are being conditioned to believe that Robin DiAngelo’s destructive ideas are ‘best practice’ is deeply troubling,” he said. “A significant amount of America’s youth cannot read at grade level, yet Colleges of Education are dedicating time and resources to promoting DiAngelo’s philosophy of resentment and loathing based on immutable characteristics. DiAngelo’s hatecraft has no place in any academic setting.”

The report from Parents Defending Education highlights several other ideologically-focused classes, including a class offered at the University of Pennsylvania called “Activism Beyond the Classroom.” The themes of the class include abolitionism, activism, Black Lives Matter, critical pedagogy, decolonization, and queer theory.

At the University of Utah, the education branch has offered classes like “Racial Battle Fatigue in Education,” “Whiteness Theory and Education,” and “Critical Race Theories: A Focus on FemCrit and LatCrit.”

 

Students attending Colorado State University can get an ethnic studies degree with teacher certification with an “Intro to Ethnic Studies” class where they can learn about “whiteness,” “white privilege,” and “Trump and the politics of hate and White radicalism.”

The activist-focused classes are not only in blue states, but even present at institutions in conservative states like Alabama, Mississippi, and Ohio.

For example, a class called “Multicultural and Social Education for Leadership Personnel” at the University of Alabama includes themes on anti-racism, decolonization, Marxism, and queer theory.

“Across the nation, parents and policy makers have been pushing back against school districts that have been implementing radical ideologies such as critical race theory, queer theory, decolonization, whiteness, and anti-meritocracy,” Parents Defending Education said in a summary of its research. “Unfortunately, these ideas are being ingrained into both current and future teachers, becoming part of K-12 lessons, classroom culture, and worldview.”