Penn State Professor Sues - College Discriminates Against Whites

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Penn State professor sues the college after he claimed he was forced to teach that the English language is 'racist' and the 'embodiment of white supremacy'

* Zack De Piero, who is white, claims he was singled out because of his skin color
* He filed a lawsuit against Penn State Abington where he was an English teacher
* Among the claims is that English is 'racist' and 'embodies white supremacy'

Anita Bhole | Daily Mail (UK) | 28 June 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12238519/White-Penn-State-professor-sues-college-claiming-race-discrimination.html

Excerpt: Zack De Piero, 40, served as an assistant professor of English and Composition at Penn State-Abington from 2018 to 2022.

During this time he claims he was forced to grade 'hispanic and black' students differently and was subject to exercises centered on critical race theory where white staff were made to feel 'terrible.'

The lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, also claims he was forced to teach that the 'English language is racist and embodies white supremacy.'

De Piero, the son of first generation immigrants from Italy, said his family were 'actively discriminated against - instilling a life long commitment to treating all Americans equal,' the lawsuit reads.

The 40-year-old said that after alerting the university of his perceived discrimination officials allegedly retaliated by filing a bullying and harassment complaint against him and handed down lower scores on his annual performance review.

'When he complained about the continuous stream of racial insult directed at White faculty in the writing department, the director of the Affirmative Action Office told him that 'There is a problem with the White Race,'' the lawsuit alleged.

It added that he 'should attend 'antiracist' workshops 'until [he] gets it,' and that he might have mental health issues.'

According to the court filing some of the workshops included a presentation captioned 'White Teachers are a problem.'

De Piero told Fox News that because he was white he was 'inherently flawed on the basis of history.'

'As a White individual, I'm somehow responsible for all the injustices and suffering currently in the world and in the history of the world,' he said.

'I think there is almost a religious, cult-like environment where you had this Original Sin. In this case, I'm White. I need to repent for that sin.

'I need to keep going to these [trainings], keep doing the work... I think they were waging a psychological war campaign and they're trying to break people and they almost broke me, but they didn't.'

The lawsuit said, 'Second, Defendants' bigotry manifests itself in overt discrimination against students and faculty who do apply consistent standards, especially White faculty.'

In one exercise, a former equity officer named in the suit, Alina Wong, allegedly engaged staff in a breathing exercise suggesting white staff hold their breath longer than people of color to 'feel the pain that George Floyd endured,' the lawsuit claimed.

'De Piero and other faculty were thus singled out, caused to experience discomfort, and feel 'the pain' on the basis of their skin color,' the lawsuit said.

It was also claimed that the college 'endorsed a view that racism against white people isn't racism.'

The lawsuit continued: 'Penn State actively treated De Piero as the problem, suggesting mental health treatment and disciplining him for bullying when he dared to complain.

'I envisioned a long, productive career at Penn State as a composition instructor and educational researcher, but the experiences of the past 2+ years have taught me that, at Penn State, I'm unable to stand up for essential principles — for civil rights, for workers' rights, or for educational excellence — without professional penalties being imposed,' De Piero wrote in his resignation letter.

'I will now turn my attention to advocating for these principles from outside the Penn State University system.'