“Niceness as Whiteness”: Professors Denounce Politeness as Privilege
12th August 2026
If you don’t act like a New Yorker, you might be a racist….
We have previously discussed how many professors seem to compete in finding new forms of racism in every facet of society and education.
Astrophysics, math, runoffs, science, statistics, and meritocracy have all been denounced as racist. In this academic cottage industry, professors secure publications and speaking opportunities by identifying racism in the expressions, images, or entire fields. Even time itself has been declared racist.
Now, however, academics have found another undiscovered continent of white privilege: niceness.