Auburn Counseling Course Teaches ‘Reverse Racism’ Doesn’t Exist

Auburn University’s counseling course titled “Living and Communicating in a Diverse Society” has recently come under fire for allegedly shining a negative light on white men.

The course teaches that, in the “acceptance” stage of racial identity development, whites “can still dismiss or diminish comments or actions that indicate that racism is alive,” according to materials obtained by 1819 News from an anonymous student.

“They express the view that everyone has struggles and people should just accept the way things are and try to be American. They expect of color to ‘get over it’ and go forward as Americans which really means be more like White people,” it states.

The course also claims there is no such thing as “reverse racism,” meaning members of a historically dominant group can’t experience prejudice.

It claims white people made up the concept to avoid confronting their own racism.

The student told 1819 News that “No matter what module we were in, whether it was on racism, feminism, transgenderism, ageism, it always shined a negative light on white males.”

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According to the school’s online course listing, “COUN 2000 Living and Communicating in a Diverse Society” is designed to help students develop “cultural competence” in several contexts.

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More course content published by 1819 News states that the control of white people in society goes unnoticed, as it is deeply embedded within the system.

The course materials outline stages of racial identity development for both people of color and whites. The first stage, “dissonance,” describes how non-whites feel alienated as they realize they may be excluded from the benefits and sense of belonging that white people enjoy.

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