Who's the Boss: Student Successfully Orders Her Professor to Recite an Apology, Attend Racial Bias Training
"...an instructor at the
University of Michigan caught the ire of the offended by
introducing his class to a 1965 film.The cinematic iteration of
Shakespeare’s Othello starred Sir Laurence Olivier.
...Professor Bright had
survived Mao’s China, but he couldn’t escape America’s social conscience.
...Despite the teacher’s letter of apology, he was
replaced as head of the class.
- And now, the blackface-ish controversy continues its carnage.
At Oregon’s
Lewis & Clark College, Associate Professor of English William Pritchard
showed students a clip from Othello for discussion....Claire demanded William attend
racial bias training.
Additionally, she
ordered, he must compose “a well-written apology, two pages in length or longer” and read it aloud in class.
...So
will William retain his class? His job? That remains to be seen...
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