New York University is in the news for an anti-racism course that was offered to the white parents of public school students in New York City. NYU’s “From Integration To Anti-Racist Series” workshop was created to help white people stop being racist in a safe space.
Fox News reports that the course was created “specifically for white public school parents” and the workshop, also known as “FIAR,” focused on changing anti-racist attitudes. The course also focused on internalized white superiority. It was offered in February over a six-month period by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development to help white parents become “anti-racist.”
The FIAR Workshop was organized by the Transformation of Schools as well as the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity. The course was offered monthly online for $360 and consisted of two-hour sessions that ended in June. The topics included in the course were internalized white superiority, how to be allies/accomplices to parents of color, building authentic relationships with other parents across race/class and building anti-racist practices while confronting racism.
The online sessions included exercises, conversations, lessons, readings, podcasts, and reflections on the “impact of white supremacy,” thinking and practices. The series also sought to have discussions about ending racist policies and practices in New York City public schools as well as the community.
The conservative outlet Washington Free Beacon shared a video of the Associate Director of Steinhardt’s Education Justice Research Group Barbara Gross explaining why no minorities were in the class. The outlet also noted that the FIAR seminar students were required to read “Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo.
“The purpose is to create a space where we can talk about our racism with each other and support each other through that and hold each…
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