Posted on 04/08/2022 5:12:22 PM PDT by blam
A judge recently ruled that a UCLA professor who had been suspended after refusing to grade black students more leniently may continue with his lawsuit against the school.
According to Inside Higher Ed, a group of students initially emailed UCLA accounting professor Gordon Klein, shortly after George Floyd's death, and requested that Klein institute a "no-harm" final exam that would include extending the timeline for other final assignments and projects.
The students sought these accommodations, according to a Daily Wire report, due to recent "traumas ... we have been placed in a position where we [must] choose between actively supporting our black classmates or focusing on finishing up our spring quarter.
"We believe that remaining neutral in times of injustice brings power to the oppressor, and therefore staying silent is not an option," the UCLA students added.
The students also stated their request wasn't a "joint effort to get finals canceled for non-black students" ... but rather a plea for Klein to "exercise compassion and leniency with black students in our major."
According to reports, Klein did not acquiesce to the group request. Instead, he posted the following message, via email:
"Thanks for your suggestion in your email below that I give black students special treatment, given the tragedy in Minnesota. ... Do you know the names of the classmates that are black?" asked Klein . "How can I identify them, since we've been having online classes only?"
The Klein email continued, with the professor asking which students "may be of mixed parentage, such as half black-half Asian? ... What do you suggest I do with respect to them? A full concession or just half?"
Additionally, Klein suggested "a white student from [Minneapolis] might be possibly even more devastated by
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He used reason and argumentation in his response? OMG! He needs to be destroyed!
Doesnt matter with whatever he responds
If he responding in any way opposed or negative and not 100% on board, hes a demon.
(Whew, the passion of my compassion and caring took over...)
I know there are many black people who oppose this - stupid liberals stereotyping them, and dragging them down to the lowest common denominator. But such black people’s opinions will never be allowed to be heard.
You are right on the money!
Mark it down. Leftists will call for wealth redistribution based on race. Reparations for slavery will not be the end of it.
Kudos...
The real world operates under real deadlines...especially the accounting world.
The policy is blatantly racist on its face. Who knows, maybe an honest court 9if one can be found) will put a stop to it.
The democrats are literally calling black people stupid all the time and they don’t say anything.
We all know that those blacks that oppose such action will not be classified as black.
No deviation Branding by Brandon
May 22, 2020Biden replied. ‘Well I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.
Why waste black peoples’ time with attending classes? Just hand them college diplomas so they can be on their way.
it’s like the professor who was banned by Youtube after THOUGHTFULLY explaining with HARD FACTS that more whites were shot by police in a span of 5 years. Not the idiotic “thousands of blacks” were being shot every year.
IS NOT EVERY SENTIENT AMERICAN, BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN, HISPANIC, AMERINDIAN, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, NAUSEATINGLY SICK OF THIS PAST HALF CENTURY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BIGOTRY, AND ALL THE ANCILLARY UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWLESSNESS CAUSED BY THIS UTTERLY FAILED EXPERIMENT IN RACISM???
I’M SURE SICK OF IT, AND HAVE BEEN SINCE IT’S INCEPTION! IT’S COMPLETELY UNAMERICAN AND DISGUSTING!
Klein’s lawsuit alleges he was punished for treating students equally, as required by California law.
He also claims UCLA’s Anderson School of Management “disregarded” a broader institutional directive, in terms of not punishing professors over student complaints, minus a full investigation.
Great point about half black half white student, how is he suppose to grade that student.
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