Some educators and universities have condemned Thanksgiving celebrations, instead seeking to implement diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) efforts into the day.
The University of Minnesota has warned against a "whiteness pandemic," described as a "centuries-old culture" featuring "colorblindness, passivity, and White fragility, which are all covert expressions of racism common in the United States."
A Northwestern University biomedicine course sparked national attention after students reported a lecture that veered sharply into anti-Israel propaganda, accusing the Jewish state of killing its own people on Oct. 7, 2023.
