Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson [View all]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/indiana-university-professor-white-supremacy-lesson.html

Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of white supremacy.
By Stephanie Saul
Nov. 13, 2025, 4:31 p.m. ET

A professor who showed a graphic labeling the “Make America Great Again” slogan as covert white supremacy has been removed from teaching a class under a new Indiana law meant to foster “intellectual diversity.”

The professor’s lesson came to light after an Indiana University student filed a complaint with a U.S. senator, Jim Banks, a staunch ally of President Trump. The senator then contacted the campus.

The graphic is a widely used illustration that shows a pyramid with examples of statements and behavior that might be considered overt or covert white supremacy.

The senator’s intervention led the university’s School of Social Work to suspend the professor, Jessica Adams, from teaching the class, called “Diversity, Human Rights and Social Justice.” Ms. Adams said the intent of the graphic had been misinterpreted.

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Indiana University Lecturer Jessica Adams presented the Pyramid of White Supremacy to her class on Sept. 22. Provided By Jessica Adams