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From The Associated Press 24 May 2016:
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A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race said the school won't renew her contract after the next academic year. Andrea Quenette, who was cleared by a university investigation into complaints of discrimination, said Monday she was notified last week that she would not be reappointed to her job after the spring 2017 semester...
...A group of graduate students demanded in November that Quenette be fired after she used the slur in a class, which was held the day after a contentious forum on race and discrimination at the university. ...Quenette said she used the slur when comparing the University of Kansas to other campuses and did not direct it toward a specific person.
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So, don't nobody be hollerin' NIGG*R in a crowded theater...
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A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race said the school won't renew her contract after the next academic year. Andrea Quenette, who was cleared by a university investigation into complaints of discrimination, said Monday she was notified last week that she would not be reappointed to her job after the spring 2017 semester...
...A group of graduate students demanded in November that Quenette be fired after she used the slur in a class, which was held the day after a contentious forum on race and discrimination at the university. ...Quenette said she used the slur when comparing the University of Kansas to other campuses and did not direct it toward a specific person.
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So, don't nobody be hollerin' NIGG*R in a crowded theater...
An open letter calling for Quenette's dismissal says that she said: “As a white woman I just never have seen the racism. … It’s not like I see ‘nigg*r’ spray painted on walls. …” Via email Quenette said that she did use the slur, but did so in comparing the University of Kansas to the University of Missouri, where many students reported seeing and hearing the word -- and citing that as an example of the discrimination they face. Quenette stressed that she never directed the word at anyone and used it as an example of a slur, not to hurt anyone.
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