{"id":1958886,"date":"2023-06-28T04:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/penn-state-professor-who-sued-school-says-faculty-were-labeled-racist-white-supremacists\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T04:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:19:09","slug":"penn-state-professor-who-sued-school-says-faculty-were-labeled-racist-white-supremacists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/penn-state-professor-who-sued-school-says-faculty-were-labeled-racist-white-supremacists\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State professor sues school, claims faculty were called &#8216;racist white supremacists&#8217;."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpenn-state-professor-who-sued-school-says-faculty-were-labeled-racist-white-supremacists%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=1958886&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--><h2>Former Penn State Professor Files Lawsuit Alleging Racist Attacks and Forced Teaching of White Supremacy<\/h2>\n<p>A former Pennsylvania State University professor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-m-widower-sues-alburquerque-over-sanctuary-city-policy\/\" title=\"N.M. widower sues Alburquerque over sanctuary city policy\">taking legal action<\/a> against the school, claiming that he was subjected to racist attacks and forced to teach that &#8220;white supremacy manifests itself in language and in writing pedagogy.&#8221; Zack De Piero, a former English professor at the Abington campus, has filed a lawsuit with the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, alleging that he was individually targeted for ridicule and humiliation based on his race.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;When he complained about the continuous stream of racial insult directed at white faculty in the writing department, the director of the Affirmative Action Office told him that \u2018There is a problem with the White race,\u2019 that he should attend \u2018antiracist\u2019 workshops \u2018until you get it,\u2019 and that he might have mental health issues,&#8221; the lawsuit continues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to De Piero, Penn State takes the anti-racist movement very seriously, as advocated by figures like Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, who are often referenced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-grills-merrick-garland-over-alleged-conflict-of-interest-regarding-his-son-in-laws-education-company\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Grills Merrick Garland Over Alleged Conflict Of Interest Regarding His Son-In-Law\u2019s Education Company\">critical race theory materials<\/a>. However, De Piero claims that he was forced out of his position at the university after questioning this ideology.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Washington Examiner, De Piero explained that the school&#8217;s message was clear: &#8220;You need to promote equity in your classroom, or else you&#8217;re perpetuating racist teaching practices.&#8221; As a white individual, he felt that the school consistently conveyed a hostile attitude towards white people.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also highlights the diversity, equity, and inclusion resources provided by the school, such as &#8220;White Rage,&#8221; &#8220;White people, enough: A look at power and control,&#8221; and &#8220;Me and White Supremacy.&#8221; De Piero argues that these resources further disseminated racist content against white faculty and students based on their race.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is wrong. This is discrimination,&#8221; De Piero said. &#8220;It&#8217;s humiliating to me. It&#8217;s likely humiliating to others. They&#8217;re just too afraid to tell you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>De Piero also received emails encouraging reporting of &#8220;bias&#8221; and &#8220;wrongdoing,&#8221; with messages like &#8220;see something, say something.&#8221; He compared this to the responsibility of reporting self-harm or abuse in students.<\/p>\n<p>Describing some faculty members as &#8220;high priests of anti-racism,&#8221; De Piero claimed that they endorsed derogatory content towards the white race and promoted the ideas of Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo as gospel.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, De Piero&#8217;s direct supervisor, Liliana Naydan, expressed the view that racism against white faculty and students is legitimate. In an email, Naydan stated, &#8220;Racist structures are quite real in assessment and elsewhere regardless of the good intentions that teachers and scholars bring to the set-up of those structures. For me, the racism is in the results if the results draw a color line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also alleges that the university&#8217;s &#8220;bigotry&#8221; is reflected in low expectations for black and Hispanic students, excusing deficient performance and condemning accurate assessment as &#8220;racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alina Wong, named as a defendant in the lawsuit, allegedly led breathing exercises with staff, instructing white staff to hold their breath for longer periods to &#8220;feel the pain&#8221; that George Floyd endured. Wong is no longer with the university and currently serves as an equity vice president at Macalester College.<\/p>\n<p>De Piero believes that the push for this messaging in academia is driven by &#8220;professional mobility,&#8221; and those who disagree but comply may be the worst contributors to the problem.<\/p>\n<h3>FAIR Supports De Piero&#8217;s Fight Against Discrimination<\/h3>\n<p>Leigh Ann O&#8217;Neill, managing director of legal advocacy at FAIR, commended De Piero&#8217;s bravery in standing up against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/penn-state-professor-who-sued-school-says-faculty-were-labeled-racist-white-supremacists\/\" title=\"Penn State professor sues school, claims faculty were called 'racist white supremacists'.\">harmful ideologies infiltrating academic spaces<\/a>. She stated, &#8220;The unlawful discrimination he faced is a symptom of those ideologies, and they are eating away at the foundational principles of equality and open inquiry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Penn State declined to comment on the ongoing litigation, and Naydan and Wong did not respond to requests for comment from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/former-penn-state-professor-sues-school-alleging-racist-attacks-forced-teaching-of-white-supremacy\">here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Penn State professor is suing the school, claiming racist attacks and being compelled to teach that &#8220;white supremacy is evident in language and writing pedagogy.&#8221; Zack De Piero, an ex-English professor at the Abington campus, is suing Penn State and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1958887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}