Quick Takes – Meanwhile In Academia: No Reverse Racism At Auburn; DEI Leadership Programs At Kentucky; Teaching Institutionalization In New Jersey

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.

     The focus this time: Woke Warrior Boot Camps

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

     Some people are still hellbent on believing that you can’t be racist against Whites.

“Auburn University’s counseling course titled ‘Living and Communicating in a Diverse Society’ has recently come under fire for allegedly shining a negative light on white men.

“The course teaches that, in the ‘acceptance’ stage of racial identity development, whites ‘can still dismiss or diminish comments or actions that indicate that racism is alive,’ according to materials obtained by 1819 News from an anonymous student.

“‘They express the view that everyone has struggles and people should just accept the way things are and try to be American. They expect of color to “get over it” and go forward as Americans which really means be more like White people,’ it states.

“The course also claims there is no such thing as ‘reverse racism,’ meaning members of a historically dominant group can’t experience prejudice.”

     Apparently not having DEI doesn’t mean you can’t train people into spreading it.

“Despite supposedly ending its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies, further analysis shows the University of Kentucky may not have abandoned its ideological agenda after all.

“A recent investigation by CriticalRace.org found that the University of Kentucky’s College of Education offers a graduate program specifically designed to train students for leadership roles in DEI within higher education. The program is part of the PhD Studies in Higher Education Program’s “specialization in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion,” and can be found in UK’s 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog.

“‘A PhD Studies in Higher Education specialization in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (SHED-DEI) prepares students for high-level administrative positions in diversity, equity, and inclusiveness leadership in higher education settings,’ reads the catalog.

“Additionally, students in this specialization must complete a nine-credit certificate course that prepares graduates for roles in ‘Senior Diversity Officer Leadership.’”

     In New Jersey, courses still teach that “White Privilege” is “Institutionalized” (Pepsi hardest hit).

“The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is offering a criminology course this fall teaching students that ‘white supremacy,’ ‘white privilege,’ and ‘racist terrorizing’ remain ‘institutionalized in the present.’

”‘Race, Crime, & Prisons in U.S. History’ appears in the Department of Criminology Fall 2026 Course List.

“The course description notes that students will be prompted to examine the ‘ways in which historical racism shapes perceptions of crime, particularly racist stereotypes about Black criminality and the mythology (or assumption) of white innocence, racist fictions that drive the mass imprisonment of people of color in the U.S. today.’

“The course will rely on ‘legal, social, cultural, political, and sociological history, Whiteness, African American, Puerto Rican, Women/Gender, Indigenous, Queer, and Transgender Studies in order to guide students in an intersectional analysis of crime and punishment in the United States.’”

     TTFN.

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