A class on racism is perfectly appropriate, but a class on “White Racism” seems like it’s meant to be provocative. How about a class entitled, “Dysfunction in the Black Community”?
^False Equivalency Syndrome for the win! (And making a good case for the class’s existence.)
I agree that the course was titled to be somewhat provocative but considering that whites have been a group that inflicted most racism in USA throughout its history, I think you can justify the course title and nothing to get riled over. I would though protest if the professor was arguing that whites are the only racist group in US history since there are racists in any race. Heck, as an Asian American growing up in Northern VA, I was subjected to racism by both whites and blacks on weekly basis. There were few race fights in my high school when I went there.