Why Wouldn’t White Students Choose Einstein’s Stance?

With “anti-woke” politics threatening African American/Africana/Ethnic Studies and gender studies programs in higher education across America, it is instructive to look to the past. To deny true American history is also to deny white American students a realistic glimpse of white American moral courage. For example, given the information, why wouldn’t white children choose the critical thinking of Albert Einstein? In 1946, Albert Einstein wrote one of the most eloquent essays to date on American-style racism. He published it in Pageant Magazine, and it was largely ignored by mainstream media.

“I do not believe there is a way in which this deeply entrenched evil can be quickly healed. But until this goal is reached there is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.” Albert Einstein

With Black History Month over and primary season in full swing, I am already tired of hearing “woke” and “DEI.” Wait. I’m in Mississippi. I’m tired of hearing “antiwoke” and “anti-DEI.” And I assure you reader, that’s another post. As an educator in the liberal arts, I have a more pressing concern than silly (although effective) campaign ads at the moment. Today, I want to talk about Albert Einstein and his Civil Rights or anti-racism stance.

Albert Einstein, who was born in Germany and educated in Switzerland, had a second career as a political essayist. In the early 1930s, living as a…