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A Texas Military Vet Dropped Out of Penn State Law School Rather Than Submit to Its Mandatory Anti-Racism Course
WFB ^ | 14 May 2026 | Aaron Sibarium

Posted on 05/15/2026 11:32:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan

David Blackman, a native of Plano, Texas, was thrilled to be starting law school at Penn State in the fall of 2025.

A former 911 call operator and a veteran of the Texas State Guard, Blackman, 26, loved the university’s football team and its location in the Appalachian Mountains.

“I’ve been a fan of Penn State since I was a teenager,” Blackman told the Washington Free Beacon. He arrived on campus in August 2025, a 50 percent merit scholarship in hand, excited for game nights in Beaver Stadium and a three-year reprieve from the Texas heat.

Then he sat through his first anti-racism class.

On the first day of “Race and the Equal Protection of the Laws,” a required course for all first-year law students, Blackman listened as a transgender faculty member, Emily Spottswood, explained why the course was mandatory.

“It’s not optional,” Spottswood said, because “being a lawyer is about recognizing and combating injustice.”

In audio of the session obtained by the Free Beacon, Spottswood said that this “institutional message” was “baked into” the law school’s “DNA,” adding that, as a “trans woman,” the course’s focus on “combatting oppression … is meaningful to me.”

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PJM alum Tyler O’Neil adds, “This is an important reminder of how deep the woke rot runs in many professions — it’s not just that professionals are biased, it’s that they’re forced to marinade in leftist-saturated institutions to get the credentials to do their jobs. Even the sanest will get infected to some degree.”
1 posted on 05/15/2026 11:32:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

This only proves without a shadow of a doubt that leftism ruins everything it touches.


2 posted on 05/15/2026 11:33:53 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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a transgender faculty member, Emily Spottswood

When "Emily" looks down, he spots wood.

3 posted on 05/15/2026 11:35:35 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Rummyfan

“anti-Racism course” = anti-white male propaganda course.


4 posted on 05/15/2026 11:45:28 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Rummyfan

Dickinson School of law was once loosely affiliated with Dickinson College before becoming completely independent of it in 1917. It remained an independent law school until being swallowed by Penn State in 2000. Even before that, its instructors had a far left bias, including one in your face butch lesbian who enjoyed walking around with her hairy legs on display. It’s only gotten worse since it merged with Penn State.


5 posted on 05/15/2026 11:48:31 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Sicon

Lol!


6 posted on 05/15/2026 11:53:51 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Sicon
When "Emily" looks down, he spots wood.

With that reply, you hands-down win the Internet today!
I humbly salute you!
7 posted on 05/15/2026 11:54:45 AM PDT by gbunch
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To: PGR88

““anti-Racism course” = anti-white male propaganda course.”

What else would it be, right?

That’s pretty tough for David, but “inclusion” doesn’t mean everyone...


8 posted on 05/15/2026 11:55:49 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Rummyfan

Well as they say, racism, sexism, oppression are in the eyes of the victims. The Texan needs to inform the Dean that he is being oppressed by his lecture!


9 posted on 05/15/2026 11:58:06 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Rummyfan

David Blackman....Irony.....


10 posted on 05/15/2026 12:12:49 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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This is a public university (PA government school). Makes it more egregious, IMO.


11 posted on 05/15/2026 12:18:52 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Rummyfan

There is an old saying, “Those who can’t do, teach.” It explains why most law school professors (along with most medical school professors) are far left-wing liberals.


12 posted on 05/15/2026 12:26:46 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Our long national nightmare is over!)
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To: Rummyfan

Penn State must take Federal money in some form. Didn’t the Trump administration force colleges to remove all DEI crap, or else lose funding?


13 posted on 05/15/2026 12:27:54 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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He’s like the military guys that refused the shot. How many go along to get along? Think of the Milgram expirement. Intimidation works.
This guy refused to play the chump and paid the price while the military guys got their justice with the next exection, something we can’t always count on.


14 posted on 05/15/2026 12:39:51 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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“being a lawyer is about recognizing and combating injustice.”

Silly me thought it had something to do with the law. But what do I know? I’m not a lawyer.


15 posted on 05/15/2026 12:43:32 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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But what price did he pay?

There was no price to pay for being brave.

He left the clutches of a low IQ law school.


16 posted on 05/15/2026 12:44:16 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Law combats injustice.


17 posted on 05/15/2026 12:45:52 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

His best laid plans went astray.


18 posted on 05/15/2026 12:54:06 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

No, he bailed from a low IQ system.


19 posted on 05/15/2026 12:55:29 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Penn State must take Federal money in some form. Didn’t the Trump administration force colleges to remove all DEI crap, or else lose funding?

The law school may be legally distinct from the rest of the university. It was at one time.
20 posted on 05/15/2026 12:58:25 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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