{"id":123021,"date":"2021-02-10T09:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123021"},"modified":"2021-02-10T09:58:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:58:04","slug":"purdue-university-backtracks-on-mandatory-white-privilege-class-for-music-students-after-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/purdue-university-backtracks-on-mandatory-white-privilege-class-for-music-students-after-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue University Backtracks On Mandatory \u2018White Privilege\u2019 Class For Music Students After Outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpurdue-university-backtracks-on-mandatory-white-privilege-class-for-music-students-after-outcry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Purdue-University.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Purdue University has reversed course after mandating that students in a choir group complete \u201cantiracist\u201d training before participating after backlash from the students.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue Musical Organizations announced in January that its members would be required to complete six classes on antiracist thought, including \u201cWhite Privilege, White Supremacy, and White Fragility,\u201d and \u201cWhite Saviorism and How To Be A Better Ally,\u201d according to emails reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/purdue-university-music-groups-to-offer-antiracist-training\/\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a>. The courses also featured readings from prominent antiracists such as Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo.<\/p>\n<p>The course, originally scheduled to begin in February, was postponed after complaints from students. After being contacted by the Free Beacon, a spokesman for the music group said the plans for mandatory training were scrapped and the classes would be optional for the group\u2019s members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPurdue Musical Organizations is committed to inclusive excellence and has created a program, alongside the Purdue Office of Diversity and Inclusion, to create a learning series focused on engaging all of its members, whatever their lived experiences may be,\u201d Purdue Musical Organizations spokesman Tim Doty told the Free Beacon in an email. \u201cThe series will be offered beginning in March. Recognizing the stresses presented by COVID, as well as the existing commitments that many students have outside of [Purdue Musical Organizations], the series is not required, but participation is strongly encouraged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kendi, who\u2019s ideas will be prominently featured in the antiracist courses, has worked to redefine racism in the United States to encompass differences in group outcomes in addition to specific acts. Last year, Kendi launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-donates-10m-to-ibram-kendis-center-for-antiracist-research\">Center for Antiracist Research<\/a> at Boston University to address the \u201cseemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice,\u201d according to the group\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe foster exhaustive racial research, research-based policy innovation, data-driven educational and advocacy campaigns, and narrative-change initiatives. We are working toward building an antiracist society that ensures equity and justice for all,\u201d the website continues.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Kendi was invited to give a lecture at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nasa-invites-far-left-antiracism-professor-ibram-x-kendi-to-speak-to-workforce\">NASA<\/a> titled \u201cUnderstand Anti-racism by Understanding What it Means to be Racist.\u201d The agency told The Daily Wire in statement at the time that the event was aimed at getting employees \u201cto engage in a dialogue about diversity and inclusion and follows the recent announcement of inclusion as one of NASA\u2019s core values, which will enable NASA to attract the best talent, grow the capabilities of the entire workforce, and empower everyone to fully contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DiAngelo, whose work is also to be touted during the classes, has been paid thousands to give similar lectures. The University of Connecticut paid DiAngelo $20,000 to train its administrators on antiracism. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uconn-reportedly-paying-white-fragility-author-robin-diangelo-20000-to-train-administrators-in-anti-racism\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>According to her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/robindiangelo.com\/about-me\/\">website<\/a>, DiAngelo holds a PhD in&nbsp;Multicultural Education from the&nbsp;University of Washington in Seattle and is currently an Affiliate Associate Professor of Education there. A recipient of two honorary doctorates, she claims her \u201carea of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, tracing how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In a statement announcing DiAngelo\u2019s lecture, as well as their \u201cDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives,\u201d UConn President Thomas Katsouleas commended UConn faculty and students who have engaged in protests in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death, as well as participated \u201cin innovative online and remote initiatives aimed at righting longstanding wrongs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue University has reversed course after mandating that students in a choir group complete \u201cantiracist\u201d training before participating after backlash from the students. 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