KU professor who used n-word in class discussion is placed on leave

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17. Given how much there is in the news these days about minorities on college campuses

I would argue in a class about how to be a TA, that this should be in the course.

I don't know enough to know how she handled it as all we are getting are two sides with no objective observer. But the students are clearly overreacting calling this racial discrimination. They aren't accusing her of doing anything that would qualify as discrimination. She's not failing just the black student, she's not accused of saying that the black student isn't good enough. She hurt their feelings. They didn't think that she considered institutional racism the primary cause of minority students not graduating when she is on the committee dedicated to student retention and so has actual evidence that the students don't.

The students demanded that she shut up and listen, but refused to have the same courtesy and wouldn't listen to her. It's fine to do that, but you don't then get to lay claim to martyrdom, especially not after having a town hall meeting where you got to tell your side of the story with no input from the person you're accusing.

But I find the idea that we need somebody with special training and "proper sensitivity" to be incredibly silly. These are grown ups. They aren't in kindergarten. What happens when they get into the real world and realize that no, the real world isn't always nice, it doesn't always kowtow to their demands? If these kids can't handle having their views challenged where the consequences are so low, how are they going to deal with it when the consequences are high?