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A biracial high school student failed a mandatory sociology class after he refused to confess that he had \u201cwhite dominance\u201d at his public charter school.<\/p>\n
William Clark is a senior at Democracy Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he is failing a mandatory class entitled \u201cSociology of Change\u201d after refusing to confess that he held \u201cwhite dominance.\u201d Gabrielle Clark, William\u2019s single mother, filed a lawsuit against the school.<\/p>\n
According to a fundraising page<\/a> run by the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR), William was required to reveal his \u201crace, gender, religious, and sexual identities, and then attach derogatory labels to those identities.\u201d Students were allegedly asked to \u201cundo and unlearn their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that stem from oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n Clark alleges that after her son objected to labeling himself as \u201cprivileged\u201d or an \u201coppressor,\u201d he was subsequently punished with a failing grade.<\/p>\n The lawsuit against Democracy Prep claims that the school violated the young Clark\u2019s First Amendment rights by \u201crepeatedly compelling his speech involving intimate matters of race, gender, sexuality, and religion.\u201d It also argues that the school created a \u201cpsychologically abusive\u201d and \u201chostile educational environment.\u201d<\/p>\n According to slides from the sociology class obtained by the Daily Mail<\/a>, students were taught that black people cannot be racist.<\/p>\n \u201cBlack prejudice does not affect the rights of white people,\u201d one slide read. \u201cRacism = Prejudice + Power \u2026 Therefore, people of color CANNOT be racist.\u201d<\/p>\n In a separate slide, students were told that institutionalized sexism, racism, and transphobia are present in the workplace and the medical field. Examples of \u201cinstitutionalized sexism\u201d include when a \u201cwoman makes [less] than what a man makes at the same job.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen 1 out of every 4 young men is currently in jail, on parole, or on probation \u2026 That\u2019s institutionalized racism,\u201d the slide reads. \u201cWhen psychiatric institutions and associations \u2018diagnose\u2019 transgender people as having a mental disorder \u2026 That\u2019s institutionalized gender oppression and transphobia.\u201d<\/p>\n The class defines \u201cinternalized privilege\u201d as the \u201cacceptance of a belief in the inherent inferiority of the oppressed group as well as the inherent superiority or normalcy of one\u2019s own privileged group. This creates an unearned sense of entitlement among the members of the privileged group, and can be expressed as a denial of the existence of oppression and as paternalism.\u201d<\/p>\n At one point in the course, students were taught that \u201coppressed people\u201d internalize their alleged inferiority.<\/p>\n \u201cOppressed people internalize the ideology of inferiority. They see it reflected in the institutions. They experience disrespect interpersonally from members of the dominant group. And they eventually come to internalize the negative messages about themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n Democracy Preparatory told the Daily Mail that they cannot comment on pending litigation. However, a spokeswoman said that the school \u201cstands firmly against racism.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur curriculum teaches students about American democracy and movements for social change throughout our history,\u201d the spokeswoman said. \u201cWe strongly disagree with how the curriculum has been characterized in this filing.\u201d<\/p>\n The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i>member<\/i><\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n