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Tag: N-word
News Roundup
Central Michigan U Professor Allegedly No Longer an Employee Following Use of Racial Slur
A Central Michigan University (CMU) professor who was placed on paid administrative leave for using the n-word is allegedly no longer an employee at the school, reports Michigan Live. Though school officials decline to say whether journalism professor Tim Boudreau’s employment was terminated, Michigan Live reported that the school had removed his name from its […]
September 3, 2020
Sports
Texas Christian U Football Coach Says N-Word, Apologizes
Texas Christian University’s head football coach Gary Patterson on Sunday reportedly said the N-word during a practice session while admonishing a player for using the same word, reported ESPN. Patterson apologized a day after a group of players boycotted practice on Monday. “I apologize for the use of a word that, in any context, is […]
August 5, 2020
News Roundup
Freshman Football Recruit Won’t Attend Cornell After His Use of Racial Slur
Nate Panza, an incoming football recruit at Cornell University who was removed from the college team after he was seen on video using a racial slur, won’t be attending the institution anymore, a university spokesperson told The Cornell Daily Sun. The spokesperson declined to clarify whether Panza’s admission offer was rescinded or if he voluntarily […]
July 1, 2020
News Roundup
Incoming Cornell Football Recruit Out of Team After He Uses Racial Slur
An incoming freshman at Cornell University has lost his spot on the college football team after a video surfaced showing him using the N-word, reported The Cornell Daily Sun, citing an unnamed source close to the sport’s program. Cornell has yet to release an official statement on football recruit Nate Panza’s admission to the Dyson […]
June 23, 2020
News Roundup
Oklahoma State Football Coach Again Accused of Using N-Word in a 1989 Game
Alfred Williams, a former University of Colorado football player has renewed his allegation that Oklahoma State University’s football coach Mike Gundy called him the N-word — twice — during a game in 1989, reported The Oklahoman. At the time, Gundy was Oklahoma State’s star quarterback and Williams was a linebacker for the University of Colorado. […]
June 19, 2020
News Roundup
A Stanford Center Plans Reforms After Backlash Over Professor’s Use of N-Word
Stanford University’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity has decided to institute reform measures after backlash following a professor’s use of the N-Word during two separate classes, one in late April and one in early May, reported The Stanford Daily. The center plans to increase instructor representation, revise teaching methods and establish a […]
May 18, 2020
News Roundup
Sacramento State U Professor’s Wife Calls Neighbor a Racial Slur in Viral Video
A video emerged earlier this month of Sacramento State University professor, Tim Ford, and his wife, Crystal Ford, berating their neighbors in an argument that began over the smell of bacon grease, reports the New York Post. Reportedly angry at the smell, the professor’s wife called the woman recording the video, Mikaela Cobb, both a […]
May 11, 2020
News Roundup
Black Pennsylvania Student Wins $40,000 Damages in Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
A district judge ordered a Pennsylvania restaurant to pay $40,000 in damages to a Black Lebanon Valley College student who alleged the eatery called him the N-word and refused to serve him, reported Penn Live. Ricky Lee Bugg Jr. was a junior at the college in 2017 when the incident occurred at Just Wing It, […]
April 8, 2020
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Wake Forest U Law Dean Apologizes After Professor Quotes N-Word From Court Case
The dean of Wake Forest University School of Law recently apologized to students after a professor quoted the n-word from a court case while teaching a constitutional law class, reported The College Fix. Dean Jane Aiken said the professor, Michael Curtis, used “the most offensive word in the American language — the n-word.” Curtis was […]
April 1, 2020
News Roundup
Emory Law Professor Returns After Being Suspended for Use of Racial Slurs
After being suspended in 2018 for his use of racial slurs — once during a class lecture and another during a discussion with a student — Emory University Law professor Paul Zwier will return to campus and continue teaching, reports AJC. Last year, following student protests and filed complaints, Emory’s Faculty Hearing Committee was tasked […]
March 13, 2020
News Roundup
U of Oklahoma Responds After Second Professor Uses Racial Slur in Class
Less than two weeks after a University of Oklahoma journalism professor used the N-word in class, one of the school’s history professors also used the racial slur in one of his lectures, reported KFOR news. According to a letter sent out by interim president Joseph Harroz, the unnamed professor read from a historical document that […]
February 26, 2020
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