Image from allthetropes.com On April 19, 2024 the US Department of Education published a final rule governing Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally-funded educational programs. You may recall...

The Day of Silence is coming on April 12 this year, and your school may have activities planned for it. FAIR supports raising awareness of true injustices toward any group, but we also support allowing people to disagree with protests or hold alternative...

Dear Friends of FAIR in the Arts FAIR in the Artsis making a growing impact on the arts and culture. From building a multi-disciplinary support network of over 500 arts professionals advancing FAIR’s pro-human values , to producing virtual and l...

The Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) in Libraries is marking the 40th anniversary of Canada’s Freedom to Read Week by asking all writers, publishers, library workers, teachers and readers to acknowledge that pressure to suppress the a...

Casey Lartigue Jr. is co-editor of “Educational Freedom in Urban America: Brown v. Board of Education after half a century” and co-author with Songmi Han of her memoir “Greenlight to Freedom.” He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Frederick Douglas...

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Overview In FAIR's training Teaching About Identity: Lessons From Around the World, K-12 teachers work  with primary source materials to explore the question: What can we learn from history about how school environments have impacted racially, ...

FAIR in the Arts is thrilled to announce the first winners of our Artist Grant. The FAIR Artist Grant was established as a fund for independent artists seeking support for professional activities that align with FAIR’s mission of advancing fairness, u...

What We Do We see people first. FAIR advances Martin Luther King Jr’s guiding principle that we should be judged by the content of our character, not the color of our skin. We promote Inclusion for everyone. We Mean EVeryone. FAIR d...

FAIR in Medicine Model Legislation:Electronic Health Records Safety Currently, there is no standard way to indicate a person's biological sex in electronic health records.  Some US healthcare systems allow patients to register as the gender they ...

Get to know more about FAIR straight from our staff! Join one of our FAIR Welcome Sessions, and learn more about us! You'll be in a meeting with like-minded people and FAIR staff. Come, listen to us introduce ourselves, ask your questions, and tell...

Facts on Youth Gender Transition from FAIR in Medicine FAIR in Medicine is a nonpartisan professional network dedicated to advancing the highest ethical standards in medical practice, and to promoting a common medical culture based on critical...

As students return to school this Fall, families and educators alike are aiming for success. In order to keep the critical school/family partnership strong, FAIR has created its 2023-2024 Success @ School Handbook. This handbook provides succinct overviews...

Open Letter in Support of Dr. Kenneth Zucker and the Need to Promote Robust Scientific Debate We, the undersigned signatories, are expressing our support for Dr. Kenneth Zucker, an academically robust and unbiased editorial process...

Open Letter to the APA An Open Letter to the American Psychiatric Association Regarding the Publication of Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care January 2024 On November 8, 2023, Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care was released by the American...

Please Sign this Open Letter Open Letter Regarding Discriminatory Practices by Literary Journals September 2023 Information about discriminatory submission requirements was recently reported to FAIR about federally-funded literary journals....

Open Letter in Support of Dr. Kenneth Zucker and the Need to Promote Robust Scientific Debate Sponsored by FAIR in Medicine May 5, 2023We, the undersigned signatories, are expressing our support for Dr. Kenneth Zucker, an academically robust...

Our Mission We are a nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding, and humanity.

Our Mission We are a nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding, and humanity.

FAIR Literature Guides emphasize pro-human values and support literacy development. Designed for use with elementary-age students, each guide stars a high-quality picture book with discussion questions and activities aligned with FAIR Learning Standards...

Donate to Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism   Your tax-deductible donation helps FAIR to promote a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity.   Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism is a registered 501(c)(3) n...

FAIR’s Gender Healthcare Policy Map is a resource of aggregated information affecting gender modification interventions for minors in the United States. FAIR aims to update this resource in a timely manner. If you have additional information or c...

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Broadcast Journalist Member: Board of Advisors Website Biography Sage Steele is one of the country’s most popular and respected b...

CHOREOGRAPHER, DIRECTOR, PERFORMER, WRITER, SPEAKER FAIR in the Arts Fellow Twitter Biography Rosie Kay (BA Hons) FRSA, MCR St Cross College, Oxford, born in Scotland, trained at London Contemporary Dance...

Director, Choreographer, Speaker Board of Directors FAIR in the Arts Fellow LinkedIn Biography Lincoln Jones is the founder...

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Professor, Author Board of Advisors Biography Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also co-director of the Mill Institute...

Lawyer, Professor, Author, Civil Liberties Commentator Board of Advisors Biography New York Law School Professor Emerita Nadine Strossen, past national President of the American Civil Liberties...

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Social Psychologist, Author Member Board of Advisors Twitter JonathanHaidt.com Biography ...

Professor, Author Member Board of Advisors Biography Adam Seagrave is Senior Fellow for Education with the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR), focusing on curriculum development and teacher training. He is also...

Writer, Entrepreneur, Cultural Critic Member Board of Advisors Twitter LinkedIn The Jazz Leadership...

Writer, Editor, Commentator Member Board of Advisors Twitter Biography Andrew Sullivan is a British-American writer, editor, blogger,...

Author, Journalist Member Board of Advisors Twitter Biography Michael Shellenberger is an American author whose work is mostly centered around the intersection of climate change, policy, and politics....

Author, Psychologist, Professor Member Board of Advisors learningtoforgive.com Biography Fred Luskin, Ph.D., is the director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects, a senior consultant in health...

Enlightenment Historian Member Board of Advisors Biography Alan Charles Kors (Ph.D., Harvard University) teaches European intellectual history at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the Henry Charles Lea Professor...

Editor, Podcast Host, and Author Member Board of Advisors Twitter Biography Jonathan Kay is Canadian Editor of Quillette , a TedX speaker, founder of the WrongSpeak podcast, an op-ed writer at National...

Author, Professor of Islamic Studies Member Board of Advisors Twitter Facebook Instagram Biography Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an...

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Founder, Entrepreneur FAIR Founder www.fairforall.org Biography Bion Bartning is the founder of FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance...

Computer Scientist Board of Advisors Twitter LinkedIn Biography Dr. Liang Fang Chao is an elected City Council Member for the City of Cupertino and a former Trustee of the Cupertino Union...

Writer, Speaker, Youth Mentor Board of Advisors Twitter Instagram Biography Quay Hanna is the author of Bus America: Revelation of a Redneck which chronicles his 1993 journey around the...

Daryl Davis Musician, Author, Actor, Lecturer Member Board of Advisors FAIR in the Arts Fellow Twitter Facebook LinkedIn daryldavis.com Biography...

Writer, Musician, Visual Artist Board President FAIR in the Arts Fellow Angel Eduardo Twitter Instagram ...

Writer, Mediator, Thought-leader Member Board of Advisors Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Biography John Wood Jr. is a National Ambassador for Braver Angels, a former nominee...

Featured Resource: The second installment in FAIR in Education's Teaching About Identity series, this project explores twentieth century contexts in which teachers made grave mistakes in teaching about identity - mistakes...

... If you'd like to support Meg and stay updated on when and where you can see the film for yourself, visit TheUnredactedFilm.com and consider donating to her GoFundMe. Support Meg Smaker Award winning documentary filmmaker...

FAIR has submitted a public comment in support of Virginia’s 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools , and we hope you will too. Please see the end of this page to read our com...

FAIR in Medicine submitted a public comment to uphold healthcare providers' rights to religious, conflict of conscience, and independent medical judgment freedoms.    We hope you will submit a comment too.    On August 4, 2022 the Department of Hea...

FAIR submitted a public comment opposing the OMB's Initial Proposal on Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards. We hope you will too. In January, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published an Initial Proposal for Updating OMB's...

FAIR has asked Governor Newsom and the California legislature for clarification on this important requirement, and you should too. As you know, AB 101 is set to require that California high school students have a course in ethnic studies before...

FAIR submitted a public comment on the proposed Title IX regulations, and we hope you will too. Please see the end of this page to read our comment as well as a suggested comment you can use. The U.S. Department of Education recently published proposed...

FAIR submitted a public comment on the proposed Title IX regulations, and we hope you will too. Please see the end of this page to read our comment as well as a suggested comment you can use. The U.S. Department of Education recently published proposed...

Civil Rights and Liberties We defend civil rights and liberties guaranteed to each individual, including freedom of speech and expression, equal protection under the law, due process, and the right to personal privacy. We advocate for individuals whose...

Timothy Jackson v. University of North Texas: Standing Up for Freedom of Academic Expression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR9KFImvVWgOn March 6th 2023, De Anza College voted out Dr. Tabia Lee, who was serving her dream job as Faculty Director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, & Multicultural Education. Lee says, "they said they...

On May 9, 2022,  FAIR’s legal team and network counsel filed an amicus brief  in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College. FAIR filed in support of Students for Fair Admissions and made a pro-human argument in favor o...

Welcome to FAIR in the Arts Fairness, Understanding & Humanity in Arts, Entertainment, and Media https://youtu.be/57SPvitgcPEFAIR in the Arts is a nonpartisan professional network dedicated to advancing a common culture...

FAIR in the Arts is proud to promote the work of our member artists. Here is a directory of podcasts, publications, organizations, and other enterprises from FAIR Arts Fellows and members. Enjoy the wide variety of conversations, essays,...

The 2021 FAIR Film Festival has ended. The Films: How Jack Became Black This groundbreaking documentary opens simply: a multiracial father is stunned when his mixed race son is denied...

The 2022 FAIR Film Festival has ended. The Films: I Am A Victor The documentary starts at the end of the civil rights era with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and tracks...

Zack De Piero, PhD began working at Pennsylvania State University in August of 2018 as an English writing professor at the Abington campus.  Almost immediately upon the outset of his employment, Professor De Piero noticed a race-essentialism ...

Kevin Ray works as a teaching artist for New 42, a publicly-funded performing arts organization in New York City, where he delivers art workshops to students across the city. Beginning in 2019, the work environment at New 42 became  permeated with insults, ...

FAIR works to advance civil rights and liberties for all. We are supporting a new lawsuit against Jefferson City Public Schools in Missouri, alleging First Amendment free speech violations. In late 2020, Curt Thompson became concerned about the curriculum...

On January 20, 2022, FAIR filed a federal lawsuit to stop New York City from enforcing its unconstitutional order prioritizing Covid-19 treatments based on racial categorization and ethnicity. As background, the City determined that because Covid-19 treatments...

The official podcast of the pro-human movement, brought to you by the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism Featuring in-depth conversations with public intellectuals, authors, and industry leaders , as well as everyday...

Anti-Racism at Oak Park Elementary School District 97 At the start of the 2019-2020 school year, Oak Park Elementary School District 97, located in the upper-middle-class Oak Park suburb of Chicago, instituted a new equity policy. The goal was to...

The Declaration of Independence and the Problem of Slavery An interactive lesson discussing the founding of the United States of America and the impact and relationship of slavery to founding ideals.  Open the PDF Interactive Video: Declaration...

Applications for the FAIR Summer 2023 Internship are open The Foundation Against Racism & Intolerance (FAIR) hosts a full-time summer internship program for highly motivated and open-minded undergraduate students. Ideal candidates value curiosity,...

FAIR Community Comments on Proposed CRT Rules The U.S. Department of Education recently proposed priorities that will direct federal grant money to programs that teach the divisive narratives of Ibram Kendi and the 1619 Project, with no countervailing...

About the FAIR Learning Standards The FAIR Learning Standards invite all learners to envision an American society built on Fairness, Understanding, and Humanity. They provide essential guidance for teaching and learning about the histories, experiences,...

About the FAIR Pro-Human Learning Standards These standards invite all learners to envision an American society built on Fairness, Understanding, and Humanity.   The FAIR Pro-Human Learning Standards provide essential guidance for teaching and ...

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Title This letter will help you in the following situations: if your school needs to make a first amendment statement if your school is conducting a protest THE TEMPLATE Request a copy

On December 27, 2021, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene adopted a discriminatory policy requiring health care providers to prioritize COVID-19 medical treatments based on the patient’s racial classification and ethnicity. COVID-19 a...

PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AT EMORY LAW SCHOOL Last year, a group of Emory Law School students established the Emory Free Speech Forum (EFSF). Their belief is that the best answers are often found through open inquiry and debate. Having witnessed intolerance...

Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12, the anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia which struck down as unconstitutional all “anti-miscegenation” laws in sixteen U.S. states banning marriage bet...

Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12, the anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia which struck down as unconstitutional all “anti-miscegenation” laws in sixteen U.S. states banning marriage between peo...

On February 6, 2022, Dr. Tara Gustilo filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Hennepin Healthcare System, arising from its decision to demote her because her beliefs did not correspond with her skin color.   Dr. Gustilo is a Harvard-educated physician ...

Legal Letters and Comments Letters and comments made by FAIR for the purpose of advancing civil rights and liberties, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity. Seattle K-8 School Civil Rights Complaint Leadership...

Recent Media Highlights DEI practitioners have a lot to learn from professor Zack DePiero’s lawsuit against Penn State A lawsuit brought in June of 2023 by Zack DePiero, an English professor, against his former employer, Penn S...

St. Catherine University announced a $10,000 George Floyd scholarship available only to a “Black, Indigenous Person of Color (BIPOC) Student”. St. Catherine appears to have created the George Floyd scholarship for remedial purposes: to “address syste...

On May 3, 2022, FAIR Legal sent a letter to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University. On its website, Harvard suggests it has an interest in hosting “conversations where Harvard community members can connect with others who share their i...

Upon learning that Anderson University planned to host ‘listening sessions’ for students of color and white students on separate days in an announcement made by the President’s Racial Equity Task Force, FAIR Legal sent a letter to the university highl...

Through multiple reports provided to FAIR: The University of Colorado, Denver was emphasizing a particular ideological viewpoint and concomitant intolerance of dissenting viewpoints. The University held events where individuals are physically segregated...

The ethnic studies discipline is represented by a wide spectrum of potential content and curriculum guidelines. While some teach ethnic studies in an inclusive manner, others teach Liberated Ethnic Studies, which uses a critical theory lens and promotes...

Fairfax County Public Schools Board of Education was considering several amendments to its Student Rights and Responsibilities Booklet. Among the amendments being considered was a proposed change to the Leveled Responses to Student Behavior table which...

Teachers in PS 158 read first grade students the book entitled Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race . Our Skin teaches that “white” people invented racism in order to “justify slavery, colonialism, and genocide” and seek to “get more power” and to be “...

The ethnic studies discipline is represented by a wide spectrum of potential content and curriculum guidelines. While some teach ethnic studies in an inclusive manner, others teach Liberated Ethnic Studies, which uses a critical theory lens and promotes...

The Minnesota Private College Council’s job fair established a differential pricing structure for employers who wish to attend based on skin color and ancestry. FAIR Legal sent a letter to the council explaining how the pricing structure was in violation o...

Brown University’s decision to establish a teacher training program based on skin color and ancestry prompted FAIR Legal to send a letter to the university cautioning them against establishing programs that could be in violation of the Civil Rights A...

Teacher Dana Stangel-Plowe Speaks Out About Dwight-Englewood School At a school in Englewood, New Jersey, Dana Stangel-Plowe is working to advance civil rights and liberties, and promote a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity....

Dr. Tara Gustilo is of Filipino descent, the mother of black children, and a Harvard-educated physician formerly at Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS) in Minneapolis. She was Chair of the OB/GYN Department, until HHS decided her personal views on race...

Maud Maron, a public defender and candidate for New York City Council, is standing up for civil rights and liberties, and pro-human values. On July 12, 2021 Maud filed a lawsuit against her employer and union, The Legal Aid Society and Association of...

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What Would Frederick Douglass Say to 21st Century Parents? Casey Lartigue, Jr. Understanding the ACT: Race Divides Us, Aspirations Unite Us Frederick R Prete Washington state wants to make every class ethnic studies. Here’s why that’s wro...

Register for FAIR in Education Office Hours We know that parents, teachers, administrators, and school board members are facing a variety of challenges.     As part of our ongoing mission to promote a culture of fairness, un...

The Eugenics Crusade: What’s Wrong with Perfect? ... "Eugenics" has an ominous ring today, but a century ago it was mainstream science whose enthusiasts included prominent physicians, university presidents, philanthropists, society ladies, p...

WELCOME TO FAIR IN MEDICINE Treat Every Patient as a Unique Individual FAIR in Medicine is a nonpartisan professional network dedicated to advancing the highest ethical standards in medical practice, and to promoting a common...

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William Clark was a student at Democracy Prep charter school in Nevada. As part of a required class, William and the other students were compelled to reveal their race, gender, religious, and sexual identities, and attach derogatory labels to...

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