Portland Community College has announced that it will observe what it calls ‘Whiteness History Month’ in April of this year; despite backlash about inciting divisiveness, school officials note that ‘whiteness’ is a common academic term and that the goal is to improve equity.
One U.S. college has plans to follow Black History Month in February with “Whiteness History Month” in April this year.
Despite the controversial name, organizers at Portland Community College, or PCC, have stated online that “unlike heritage months, [this] is not a celebratory endeavor.”
And the school’s Interim President Sylvia Kelley tried to allay concerns about divisiveness by
