 A review of each week of the course was released in HuffPost.According to the public syllabus, the course was “Black Minds Matter is a public course designed to increase the national consciousness about issues facing Black boys and men in education.The course draws parallels between issues faced by Black males in society and the ways that Black minds are engaged in the classroom.” The course was panned by conservatives as a propaganda for the Black Lives Matter movement and resulted in Wood being listed as one of 15 “Teachers vs. Preachers” professors for conservative students to avoid.