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State lawmakers are threatening University of Wisconsin-Madison’s funding over a course called “The Problem of Whiteness.”
Republican Rep. Dave Murphy called on the university to cancel the class and dismiss the man teaching it, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
“We are adding to the polarization of races in our state,” he said, noting his understanding of the course premise was that white people are racist.
Murphy, who serves as chairman of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, was especially bothered by the course’s lecturer, Assistant Professor Damon Sajnani, and his social media response to five Dallas police officers being gunned down by a sniper earlier this year.