The University of Minnesota’s “Culture and Family Lab” has a website page warning against a “whiteness pandemic” and offering advice and resources to “halt and reverse” the issue.
The “Whiteness Pandemic” is defined as, “Whiteness refers to culture not biology” and “features colorblindness, passivity, and White fragility, which are all covert expressions of racism common in the United States.”
Racism is an epidemic (CDC, 2021) that can also be considered a pandemic given its large cross-national proportion and spread (APA, 2020). However, there is another pandemic lurking behind and driving the racism pandemic – the Whiteness Pandemic. Whiteness refers to culture not biology: the centuries-old culture of Whiteness features colorblindness, passivity, and White fragility, which are all covert expressions of racism common in the United States.
Naming the Whiteness Pandemic shifts our gaze from the victims and effects of racism onto the systems that perpetrate and perpetuate racism, starting with the family system. At birth, young children growing up in White families begin to be socialized into the culture of Whiteness, making the family system one of the most powerful systems involved in systemic racism.
The site warns that no one has escaped this ‘pandemic.’
“If you were born or raised in the United States, you have grown up in the Whiteness Pandemic, and you can play a role in halting and reversing this pandemic, especially if you are White because of the power and privilege you hold in this racialized society.”
The site then urges parents to ‘re-educate’ their children, noting, “If you were socialized into the culture of Whiteness during childhood, it is not your fault, but as an adult it is now your responsibility to self-reflect, re-educate yourself, and act.”
“If you are a White adult, antiracist action involves an ongoing process of self-reflection in order to develop a healthy positive White identity while engaging in courageous antiracist parenting/caregiving.”
According to the website, the ‘Whiteness Pandemic project’ is funded by the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, the National Institute of Mental Health, a Provost Research Fellowship from the University of Minnesota, and an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship from the University of Minnesota.
Defending Education, a parents’ rights watchdog group, shared a disturbing report.
We @DefendingEd discovered that U of MN is warning against a “whiteness pandemic” & providing “resources” on how to “halt and reverse” the issue
Among its other insanities?
“The family system one of the most powerful systems involved in systemic racism”
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— Sarah Parshall Perry (@SarahPPerry) November 25, 2025
Minnesota’s largest city, Minneapolis, has been embroiled in scandal for years.
On Friday, President Trump announced an immediate termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalis, a move that opens the door to rapid deportations in the heart of Ilhan Omar’s district.
The termination of TPS for these Somali migrants comes after years of exploding crime and the massive Feeding Our Future Medicaid fraud scandal.
An investigative report by writers Ryan Thorpe and Chris Rufo further revealed that American taxpayers in Minnesota are helping to fund terrorists in Somalia through a shell game that is played using health and human services programs.
Some of the stolen money was funneled to the al-Shabaab terror group.
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