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Title: Towson U. Defends Firing of Adjunct Who Used Racist Term to Describe his Status Publication: The Chronicle |
Country: United States |
Published Date: March 03, 2010 |
Towson University issued a statement today in which its provost, Marcia G. Welsh, defended the institution's decision to fire an adjunct art professor for characterizing himself as "a nigger on the corporate plantation" in discussing his employment rights during a class. Ms. Walsh's statement contradicts assertions by the adjunct professor, Allen Zaruba, that he had used the racist term as part of an academic discussion. The statement says: "Towson University strongly supports and upholds academic freedom in the classroom and across our learning community; however, such patently offensive language on the part of university employees will not be tolerated and does not reflect our value system."