“When it was my turn, I said, ‘I’m not comfortable discussing my race here,'” whistleblower Jodi Shaw said. “The facilitator said, ‘Any white person who displays discomfort or distress when asked to discuss their race is not actually feeling distress. What they’re exhibiting is a power play, and that is white fragility.’”
In a recent episode of EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek sits down with Jodi Shaw, who has become an influential figure in the growing movement opposing training based on critical race theory, in academia and beyond. She made waves when she started speaking out in 2019 about the increasing illiberalism she saw at her then-employer and alma mater, Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Jan Jekielek: Congratulations on being named a Hero of Intellectual Freedom, an honor awarded to you by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
Jodi Shaw: Thank you.
Mr. Jekielek: You did your undergraduate studies at Smith College. Why don’t you start there and bring us up to the present?
Ms. Shaw: I graduated with my [Bachelor of Arts] in anthropology in 1993. I loved Smith. After graduation, I spent most of my time in Brooklyn. I was a musician living hand to mouth, but I was happy doing something I loved.
After I got married and had children, I became a librarian. Then my marriage ended. It’s tough living in the city with children if you don’t have a lot of money, so I was excited to get a job at Smith as a temporary librarian. I...
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