The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a recipient of substantial taxpayer funding, has sparked attention with its website content addressing what it describes as a “whiteness pandemic.” The institution has criticized “white people” for maintaining “systemic racism” and is urging adults to undergo “re-education.”

Within the University’s Institute of Child Development, specifically on the Culture and Family Life lab’s section, a report titled “White Pandemic” is featured. This report employs provocative language to suggest that individuals identified as “white” play a role in sustaining “racism,” tracing these behaviors from childhood through adulthood within the family system.

They’re providing “whiteness pandemic” materials — including guidance on “antiracist parenting” and developing a “healthy white identity.”@DefendingEd breaks it down.👇https://t.co/MBvYV9L0Ps

— Nicki Neily (@nickineily) November 25, 2025