Prof’s suit says school biased vs. whites

A former professor is suing Penn State University for alleged racial discrimination, claiming the school forced him to teach students that the English language embodies white supremacy.

Zack De Piero, who previously taught English at Penn State Abington, claims that his immediate superior, Liliana Naydan, endorsed the view that “white supremacy exists in the language

TONGUE LASHING: English professor Zack De Piero (left) says his former boss at Penn State University, Liliana Naydan, believes, “White supremacy exists in the language itself.” itself, and therefore, that the English language itself is ‘racist,’ ” Fox News Digital reported.

The accusation is one of many in the extensive suit filed by the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, which argues that De Piero “was individually singled out for ridicule and humiliation” because he is white.

According to the suit, De Piero and other Penn State faculty were encouraged to participate in anti-racist workshops and trainings, including one titled “White Teachers Are the Problem.”

The filing also accuses the university of maintaining a “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Web page — a standard practice for most universities and comparable institutions — that “disseminated racist tirades against white faculty and students.”

Among the so-called “racist tirades” was the book “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Race” by Robin DiAngelo, who is white.

“When [De Piero] complained about the continuous stream of racial insults directed at white faculty in the writing department, the director of the Affirmative Action Office told him that ‘There is a problem with the white race,’ that he should attend ‘antiracist’ workshops ‘until you get it,’ and that he might have mental health issues,” the suit alleges.

De Piero told Fox News Digital that he felt the university’s approach to diversity and inclusion produced a “cult-like environment where you had this Original Sin.”

“I need to keep going to these [trainings], keep doing the work . . . I think they were waging a psychological war campaign and they’re trying to break people. And they almost broke me. But they didn’t.”

De Piero ultimately left Penn State last August. He is currently an assistant professor of English at Northampton Community College.