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In reply to the discussion: KU professor who used n-word in class discussion is placed on leave [View all]6chars
(3,967 posts)of course her career should not be irreparably harmed by this. it is about as sensible as ruining someone's life for smoking pot. The students - who wish to enter the same career - do seem to be taking undue glee in the prospect of destroying her career.
but given that this is the environment where she and others are working, it is best for professors to understand the rules of their given work place.
here are some of the minutiae (good word!). in her graduate communications class on undergraduate teaching practices, she was covering diversity and a student asked about the recent incidents at university of missouri. she said "As a white woman I just never have seen the racism
Its not like I see N_ [the professor used the full word] spray painted on walls
(this is something from the comments to the posted newspaper article, and taken verbatim from the student complaint letter). She was referring to something that happened in Missouri. Doesn't sound like David Duke territory to me.