{"id":248114,"date":"2021-03-18T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=248114"},"modified":"2021-03-18T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:00:45","slug":"students-want-professor-to-resign-after-expressing-concern-over-anti-white-sentiment-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-want-professor-to-resign-after-expressing-concern-over-anti-white-sentiment-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Want Professor To Resign After Expressing Concern Over Anti-White Sentiment On Campus"},"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%2Fstudents-want-professor-to-resign-after-expressing-concern-over-anti-white-sentiment-on-campus%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=248114&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\/03\/fb_image-1879.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A University of Vermont professor is under fire from students demanding he resign after uploading a video to YouTube of himself discussing growing anti-white sentiment on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Kindsvatter, a professor of counseling at UV\u2019s College of Education and Social Services, posted a video called \u201cRacism and the Secular Religion at the University of Vermont.\u201d The video was nine minutes long and received 15,000 views, Vermont-based publication Seven Days <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevendaysvt.com\/OffMessage\/archives\/2021\/03\/16\/uvm-professors-viral-video-prompts-calls-for-his-resignation\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Kindsvatter said he \u201cfirst heard of whiteness\u201d after a faculty colleague \u201coffered to help [him] with it, like it was some kind of disease,\u201d the outlet reported. Kindsvatter added that it \u201cwas a dehumanizing experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never expected the concept of whiteness to endure, because it\u2019s so obviously discriminatory,\u201d Kindsvatter said in the video. \u201cBut not only has this ideology endured within the university, it has flourished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kindsvatter then mentioned a July teach-in put on by UVM\u2019s Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which was called \u201cTurning the Conversation to Whiteness.\u201d Kindsvatter said the during the teach-in, \u201ca number of vague social ills were associated in a causal way with people of a particular race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kindsvatter also expressed concern, like many across the country, that schools are teaching anti-white racism under the guise of \u201canti-racism,\u201d noting that the College of Education and Social Services was considering the adoption of a policy that would teach Ibram X. Kendi\u2019s radical definitions of what racism and anti-racism are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this policy is passed, in speaking up against what many would consider to be an anti-racist teaching, but one that makes a causal connection between people of that particular race and vaguely defined societal ills, I would be considered, in a way that is consistent with program policy\u2026 a racist,\u201d Kindsvatter warned.<\/p>\n<p>Seven Days reported that student organization UVM Sisters of Color started a Change.org petition to demand Kindsvatter resign over his concerns, claiming the statements he made in the view put students of color in danger:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p><em>Having conversations around anti-racism and acknowledging the role of whiteness in systemic racism has been supported by every department on campus, as it is rooted in our campus\u2019 common ground values. Speaking out against this work is harmful when you cannot hold yourself accountable and begin practicing good allyship. This video is particularly harmful towards the community of color through his calls to organize. When identity groups have been repeatedly targeted in dangerous manners on campus, this rhetoric is concerning to say the least.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Professor Aaron Kindsvatter\u2019s \u201ci-don\u2019t-see-race\u201d mentality has been proven to be harmful towards any kind of societal racial justice and for that reason we are demanding his immediate resignation. A UVM faculty member, especially one who teaches courses in counseling, should not hold this ideology employed by white supremesists. The freedom of free thought is not what is being restricted here, it\u2019s the fact that Aaron Kindsvatter is using his position of power and authority as a platform for spewing these ideologies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kindsvatter was already targeted by liberal activists in 2016 after he criticized the school\u2019s bias response team, claiming the school\u2019s policies against alleged bias and harassment \u2013 defined broadly \u2013 would open \u201cthe doors for censorship of anyone of any ideological perspective who says something in class that could potentially offend somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kindsvatter was informed of the petition against him by Seven Days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the fact that this has happened is both interesting and useful,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cIn family counseling, therapists often facilitate an \u2018enactment\u2019 \u2014 that is, they watch the family interact in order to make dysfunctional ways of relating become apparent. This petition would seem to be an enactment of what is going on within society, and what is being taught within universities like UVM. I suspect that it paints a vivid picture of what happens to professors who step out of acceptable ideological bounds.\u201d<\/p>\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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A University of Vermont professor is under fire from students demanding he resign after uploading a video to YouTube of himself discussing growing anti-white sentiment on campus.Aaron Kindsvatter, a professor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310767,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1879.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Students Want Professor To Resign After Expressing Concern Over Anti-White Sentiment On Campus","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1879.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Students Want Professor To Resign After Expressing Concern Over Anti-White Sentiment On Campus","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248114","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=248114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}