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Racism is the intentional mistreatment of someone on the basis of their race – at least in the normal world. But in academia, racism is anything producing disparities, according to Professor Ibram Kendi.

What follows is a long list of people, places, actions, and other things declared racist this year by higher ed, though a few came from K-12. If something needs “anti-racist” action or “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” it follows it must be racist, or else it would not need correction.

(A full list of articles can be found here).

Academic disciplines:
Chemistry
Classics
Evolutionary biology
Engineering
Immunology
Math
STEM in general
Twenty different departments at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Actions:
Accusing a black student of plagiarism
Banning DEI
Being Asian but romantically interested in white people
Course evaluations
Criticizing a black female reporter
Criticizing plagiarism
Marriage/being married
Mentioning a black female congresswoman has fake eyelashes
Murder
Not pronouncing Kamala Harris’ name right
Not voting for Kamala Harris
Opioid crisis
Opposing DEI
Opposing oil and gas restrictions to fight climate change
Pollution
Questioning Kamala Harris’ racial identity
Romance
“Traditional grading”
Voter registration
Voting for Trump
White people running in shorts
White people rapping

Beliefs:
Being pro-life/pointing out high abortion rates for black women
Christianity
Colorblindness
Nostalgia

Career fields:
Counseling
Ecological farming
Education
Dentistry
Disaster response
Geology
Law enforcement
Medicine
Ocean sciences
Nursing
Surgical oncology

Entertainment/culture:
Dolly Parton’s free book program
Dressing as a Native American at a Kansas City Chiefs game
Liking Taylor Swift
Michaelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”
Paintings of British countryside
Porcelain
Telling a Japanese professor about a good sushi restaurant

Food:
Fried chicken
Milk

People:
Ben Shapiro
Conservatives
Donald Trump
Duke University sports fans
Nikki Haley
Rapper Tom MacDonald
Vivek Ramaswamy
White people

Places:
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho
Columbia University
Greenhouses
Israel
Lake Merritt, California parking lot
Northern Idaho
Pennsylvania public universities
Sex-segregated bathrooms, locker rooms
Swimming pools
Thousands of streets that use allegedly offensive terms
University of Michigan

Words:
“Anglo-Saxon”
“Blacklist’
“DEI hire’
“Guru’
“Illegal alien”
“Minorities”
“Mob rule”
“Peanut gallery”
“Pow wow”
“Tribal knowledge”
“Whitelist”

MORE: 72 things higher ed declared racist in 2023

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