Biden Administration Suggests School Districts Should Implement Free Anti-racist ‘Therapy’ For White Educators To Combat Institutionalized Racism

The Biden administration is suggesting white teachers undergo antiracist “therapy” to combat institutionalized racism.

According to The New York Post, Biden’s Department of Education is encouraging school districts to spend some of the $200 billion in COVID-19 relief funds toward providing “free, antiracist therapy for white educators.”

The news outlet reports that The American Rescue Plan requires districts to reserve 20 percent of funds for “evidence-based” interventions that “respond to students’ academic, social and emotional needs.” According to the news outlet, Biden’s administration suggests that critical race theory and the education of white privilege and white supremacy should be implemented.

The “Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students’ Needs” states “schools are microcosms of society,” and, therefore, “intentional conversations related to race and social-emotional learning…are the foundation for participating in a democracy and should be anchor tenets in building a school-wide system of educational opportunity.”

In its document, the Biden Administration is encouraging school districts to: “Partner with and compensate community members to develop and implement abolitionist SEL models,” “remove all punitive or disciplinary practices that spirit-murder black, brown and indigenous children,” “require a commitment to learning from students, families and educators who disrupt whiteness and other forms of oppression” and offer “free, antiracist therapy for White educators and support staff,” and “free, radical self/collective care and therapy for educators and support staff of color.”