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Anthropology Course at Columbia University Teaches ‘Presumed Whiteness’ of ‘Ideal American Citizen’

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Anthropology Course at Columbia University Teaches ‘Presumed Whiteness’ of ‘Ideal American Citizen’

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The Root

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· Jun 29, 2026

Professor: Why It’s Time to Retire the Term ‘African American’

A professor says it's time to ditch the term African American. His argument? The true origin of our culture isn't where most people think.

The College Fix

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· Jul 6, 2026

Before DEI classes begin this fall, teach your kids about the real George Washington

OPINION My daughter begins her college career this fall, and I know it’s only a matter of time before she’s taught that America’s Founding Fathers were a bunch of “evil white men.” She has not one — but two — mandatory DEI classes to complete before graduation at her public university. I am sure professors []

Nepal News

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· Jul 2, 2026

बालकुमारीमा धार्मिक तथा सांस्कृतिक विषयवस्तुलाई समेटिएको भित्तेचित्र [फोटो फिचर]

काठमाडौँ। नेपाली कला, संस्कृति तथा धार्मिक सम्पदाप्रति जनचेतना अभिवृद्धि गर्ने उद्देश्यले पाल्पासा आर्ट ग्यालरीले बालकुमारीमा धार्मिक तथा सांस्कृतिक विषयवस्तुलाई समेटिएको भित्तेचित्र निर्माण गरेको छ। उक्त चित्रमार्फत नेपालका विविध धार्मिक आस्था, सांस्कृतिक परम्परा, मौलिक जीवनशैली तथा सामाजिक सहअस्तित्वलाई कलात्मक रूपमा अभिव्यक्त गरिएको छ। चित्रले नेपाली समाजको सांस्कृतिक विविधता र धार्मिक सहिष्णुतालाई प्रतीकात्मक रूपमा प्रस्तुत गर्दै आफ्नो []

Los Angeles Times

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· Jul 8, 2026

Chabria: UC could go back to using the SAT and ACT for admissions. Here's why that doesn't add up

UC is not Harvard, and was never meant to embody that type of self-perpetuating exclusivity disguised as a meritocracy.

Capital Research Center

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· Jun 23, 2026

“Who Funds That?” Episode 10: The Experts Weigh in on Fixing Higher Ed

Today’s higher education is not your grandfather’s higher education. Indeed, it’s not even the higher education of my first run through it in the 90s, before the pervasive embrace of DEI and critical race theory, before the extreme ideological disparities that led to a decrease in the study of traditional humanities and an increase in []

Financial Times

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· Jul 4, 2026

Francis Fukuyama: The problem of equality

We must understand our identity to be fundamentally rooted in a set of ideas, not the racial or ethnic identity of our ancestors

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Related coverage for "Anthropology Course at Columbia University Teaches ‘Presumed Whiteness’ of ‘Ideal American Citizen’": The Root — Professor: Why It’s Time to Retire the Term ‘African American’. The College Fix — Before DEI classes begin this fall, teach your kids about the real George Washington. Nepal News — बालकुमारीमा धार्मिक तथा सांस्कृतिक विषयवस्तुलाई समेटिएको भित्तेचित्र [फोटो फिचर]. Los Angeles Times — Chabria: UC could go back to using the SAT and ACT for admissions. Here's why that doesn't add up. Capital Research Center — “Who Funds That?” Episode 10: The Experts Weigh in on Fixing Higher Ed. Financial Times — Francis Fukuyama: The problem of equality