Dante D. King
Biography of Dante D. King
Dante King is a San Francisco native, historian, and award-winning author of Diagnosing Whiteness & Anti-Blackness: White Psychopathology, Collective Psychosis, and Trauma in America, which reached #1 in Amazon’s New Releases. He is also the author of The 400-Year Holocaust: White America’s Legal, Psychopathic, and Sociopathic Black Genocide and the Revolt Against Critical Race Theory.
King is the founder of Blackademics, a nonprofit producing educational programs for educators, lawyers, healthcare professionals, and the public. He co-produced the ten-part docuseries accompanying Diagnosing Whiteness & Anti-Blackness. His scholarship centers on Afro-Realism, Critical Race Studies, and the legal and cultural construction of race and racism in America.
An Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, King has also taught at Stanford University, Johns Hopkins, and UCSF, where he developed and taught courses on anti-Blackness, whiteness, and systemic inequities. His collaborations include Dr. Robin DiAngelo and the Unlearning Anti-Blackness Fellowship for leaders committed to racial justice.
Previously, King served as Deputy Director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health Office of Health Equity and Director of Race, Equity, and Inclusion at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, where he led citywide racial equity initiatives, including the city’s first Racial Equity Ordinance and Office of Racial Equity.
A nationally recognized expert witness and consultant on race and racism, King has lectured across the country and been featured on numerous media platforms, including The Grio, KBLA, The Karen Hunter Show, and The National Desk. Despite facing targeted attacks from extremist groups, he continues to advance truth-telling, antiracism education, and systemic change across institutions and communities.
Learn more at Dante D. King’s official website.
