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WHITE PRIVILEGE

Johns Hopkins Chief Diversity Officer creates list of 'privileged' groups, retracts after backlash
Dr. Sherita Hill Golden issued a list of 'privileged' groups in the U.S. that included 'White people,' 'Able-bodied…
By Kristen Jackson '25
Jan 16, 2024
UC Santa Barbara offers white privilege, microaggressions workshops
The University of California, Santa Barbara’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion provides ongoing workshops…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 4, 2023
Students required to complete 'Privilege Checklist' in mandatory first year course
In a mandatory course at the University of Delaware titled 'UNIV 101: First Year Experience,' students have been as…
By Reagan  Dolinger '23
Nov 22, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: University hosts ‘White Accountability Groups’ for people with ‘white skin privilege'
Dominican University will allegedly host White Accountability Groups this fall for people with 'white skin privileg…
By Logan Dubil  '23
Sep 22, 2022
Master’s candidate submits thesis on 'Teaching White Privilege’
‘Denying the existence of privilege, specifically White privilege, allows people to ignore racial inequalities and …
By Kate Anderson 
Aug 25, 2022
White people banned from common spaces at UC Berkeley’s off-campus housing
A co-op house near UC Berkeley allegedly banned White people from entering common spaces.
By Alexa Schwerha 
Aug 23, 2022
'Why does everything have to involve race?': Students react to that NPR article about 'white privilege' emojis.
NPR recently published an article featuring academics arguing that using yellow skin-colored emojis is a form of 'w…
By Peter Cordi 
Feb 18, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: UConn student bias complaints show students will report just about anything
Campus Reform obtained bias report forms submitted by students at the University of Connecticut.
By Addison Pummill  '23
Oct 20, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Bates College considers requiring ALL students to take courses on ‘white supremacy,' ‘power and privilege,' 'colonialism'
A working group at Bates College has recommended that students, regardless of major, take multiple courses related …
By Mckenna Dallmeyer  '22
Oct 1, 2021
University, 'Waking Up White Collaborative' host 'White Privilege Symposium'
Viterbo University has partnered with a group focuses on on 'facilitat[ing] White Racial Literacy' to host a 'Whit…
By Abigail Streetman  '23
Aug 31, 2021
UF class explores the Black Lives Matter 'endgame'
The course, 'James Baldwin & Critical Race Theory,' includes readings by professors that have criticized toxic masc…
By Maria  Colombo  '25
Aug 1, 2021
'You may have oppressed somebody:' Prof to White student who said he left his house that day
'You may have oppressed somebody,' a Penn State professor said, prodding a White student during a rhetorical exerci…
By Sergei Kelley  '22
Jul 22, 2021
Loyola asks 'each academic unit' to teach 'identity and privilege'
Loyola University Chicago outlined its "Anti-Racism Initiative," following a summer of protests and riots surroundi…
By Rachel Lalgie  '23 and Adam Sabes 
Jan 14, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: MIT mandates diversity training; one student calls it 'indoctrination'
Before being allowed to register for spring classes, MIT students are required to take diversity training.
By John Hanson 
Nov 12, 2020
This workshop teaches ‘white-identifying students’ 'what it means to be anti-racist'
Ithaca College hosted a series of virtual meetings talking about race relations in the U.S.
By Jesse Stiller 
Aug 19, 2020
Catholic university calls 'White Privilege' America's 'original sin'
In a recent virutal event, Sacred Heart University explained to students how "white privilege" is a sin.
By Sergei Kelley  '22
Jul 30, 2020
Northeastern admin 'intimidated' to mentor minority students because of her racial 'privilege'
Amanda Cornwall is the assistant director for graduate education operations and the Ph.D. Network at Northeastern U…
By Ophelie Jacobson 
Jan 20, 2020
FLASHBACK: Prof says Tom Brady's 'white male omnipotence' 'buttresses American white supremacy'
Evidence provided includes Brady’s affinity for “boys trips” to the Kentucky Derby, his strict diet, and the fact t…
By Celine Ryan Ciccio 
Sep 26, 2019
STUDY: White liberals’ sympathy for poor whites DECREASES after white privilege lessons, sympathy for blacks stays same
They found that white liberals who were educated about white privilege had less sympathy for poor whites and an unc…
By Adam Sabes 
May 22, 2019
University hosting 'privilege' workshops for 'white folks'
Humboldt State University is hosting a series of workshops in June to help "white folks" better understand the conc…
By Celine Ryan Ciccio 
May 30, 2018
University offers guide on 'talking to kids about whiteness'
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has compiled a new "resource for parents," listing several articles wi…
By Adam Sabes 
Mar 16, 2018
Seminary asks people to peer through 'white privilege glasses'
The Chicago Theological Seminary offers a video on its website designed to help white people understand their privi…
By Adam Sabes 
Jul 10, 2017
Prof: Frats designed to 'hoard power' for 'wealthy white men'
In response to a comment on Twitter, she later clarified that African American fraternities are exceptions because …
By Adam Sabes 
Jun 23, 2017
LSU students defend mascot from 'extreme political correctness'
Louisiana State University students are rallying to the defense of their “Tigers” mascot after an online petition c…
By Adam Sabes 
Jun 6, 2017
Petition: LSU Tigers mascot a 'symbol of white oppression'
The Louisiana Tigers was a nickname given to certain units from the state during the Civil War, and was adopted in …
By Adam Sabes 
May 31, 2017
‘White Privilege Checklist' appears in Minnesota dorm
A display in a University of Minnesota residence hall provides an 11-point “checklist” to help students identify th…
By Amber Athey 
Apr 12, 2017
'Jewish Privilege' claims are 'groundless,' researchers proclaim
The “Jewish Privilege” posters that appeared at the University of Illinois at Chicago last month didn’t even use ac…
By Adam Sabes 
Apr 7, 2017
Loyola-Chicago offers whites-only anti-racism group
Students who “self identify as White” at Loyola University Chicago can apply to join a safe space to learn about wh…
By Amber Athey 
Mar 27, 2017
'Jewish privilege' posters proliferate at UIC
The flyers insist they are not anti-Semitic, insisting that "believing crazy things...is a human right."
By Jackson Richman 
Mar 19, 2017
Anti-Semitic flyers attacking 'Jewish privilege' appear at UIC
The anonymous flyers assert that Jews are disproportionately represented among "the 1%," implying that they should …
By Adam Sabes 
Mar 17, 2017
UC-Denver offers course on 'Problematizing Whiteness'
The University of Colorado, Denver is offering a course called “Problematizing Whiteness: Educating for Racial Just…
By Will Witt 
Dec 14, 2016
MSU instructor mocks Christians in class presentation
The presentation includes advice to help students deal with conservative family members over Thanksgiving, suggesti…
By Amber Athey 
Dec 7, 2016
Sorority claims 'whites wanting to be black' is 'white privilege'
Participants addressed issues ranging from an alleged lack of minority professors at TCNJ to racial profiling, and …
By Justin Caruso 
Oct 24, 2016
SIUE holds pro-BLM conference exploring white privilege
The discussion focused on issues such as white privilege, and also featured a poem comparing white people to Nazis.
By Justin Caruso 
Oct 11, 2016
ASU hosts workshops by 'White Privilege Conference' founder
Arizona State University’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD) hosted three events this weekend on “w…
By Justin Caruso 
Sep 12, 2016
'Poster boy for white hatred' sues Michigan Tech for scapegoating him
According to a lawsuit filed against Michigan Tech, the university wrongfully expelled a student after accusing him…
By Amber Athey 
Sep 9, 2016
Univ. of Vermont holds privilege retreat for students who 'self-identify as white'
The University of Vermont held a three-day retreat so students could confront their “white privilege.”
By Peter Hasson 
Nov 18, 2015
Portland State course aims to 'make whiteness strange'
Students in the class will consider how non-white Americans 'experience and negotiate skin privilege and white norm…
By Peter Hasson 
Oct 5, 2015
Northeastern allegedly tells RAs that white men can't be oppressed
A screenshot of the RA training guide was posted to Reddit's TumblrInAction subreddit.
By Peter Hasson 
Aug 14, 2015
White Ivy Leaguers create student group to confront their 'privilege'
The only membership requirement is "a desire to take an anti-racist stance in learning about race and whiteness, an…
By Peter Hasson 
Aug 4, 2015
NYU student praised for poem titled 'Black Privilege'
Crystal Valentine, a student at New York University, helped her school secure the first place prize at a national s…
By Gabby Orr 
Jul 2, 2015
White prof: white people suffer from ‘white fragility’
Prof. Robin DiAngelo is an associate professor of multiculturalism at Westfield State University in Massachusetts.
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn 
Mar 18, 2015
Felon, heroin aficionado attributes Ivy League degree to white privilege
Keri Blakinger was convicted for criminal possession in the second degree while a senior at Cornell University.
By Gabby Orr 
Feb 6, 2015
College celebrates MLK's dream with white privilege event
Last semester Mount Holyoke students discouraged their white peers from participating in Ferguson demonstrations.
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn 
Jan 20, 2015
University hangs race posters for MLK Day
As part of MLK Day, Indiana University’s Unity Summit organizers hung up white guilt posters in the residence halls…
By Maggie Lit 
Jan 19, 2015
Prof. measures students' white privilege with class assignment
The assignment consisted of a white privilege handout, quiz, and checklist.
By Maggie Lit 
Dec 11, 2014
Univ. president: if you're 'light skinned,' you have 'unearned privilege'
Jane Close Conoley says that whites inherently exert distrust and “lower expectations of behavior” towards those wi…
By Maggie Lit 
Dec 10, 2014
Notre Dame to participate in White Privilege Conference
The University of Notre Dame will offer a seminar on white privilege next semester.
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn 
Dec 5, 2014
Public university replaces staff meetings with sensitivity training on ‘heterosexual privilege,’ ‘language privilege’
Upcoming meeting topics include 'gender privilege,' 'heterosexual privilege,' 'nationality privilege,' 'language pr…
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn 
Mar 4, 2014
University-sponsored production glorifies white-shaming
Based on 'The Race Card Project' by NPR host Michele Norris.
By Kat Timpf 
Jan 7, 2014