Overview
- The Culture and Family Lab’s webpage characterizes whiteness as a cultural system, not biology, and describes it as the force driving a broader racism pandemic.
- The site tells white adults to self‑reflect, re‑educate, and practice ongoing antiracist parenting to develop a healthy white identity.
- Resources promoted include works by Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, Layla Saad’s workbook, PBS Kids segments, and a listing for Black Lives Matter.
- The project draws on a 2021 study led by Dr. Gail Ferguson, funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, which critics say relied on a narrow sample of mostly liberal, higher‑income white mothers in Minneapolis.
- Parents Defending Education and other conservative outlets condemned the initiative as ideological, while the university said it remains steadfast in its commitment to academic freedom, and no removal or sanctions have been reported.