Princeton president ‘respects’ professor’s decision to use N-Word during lecture
Thursday, February 15, 2018
February 15, 2018 - A Princeton University professor canceled a course he teaches on cultural freedoms and hate speech after his use of a racial slur during a class discussion led some students to walk out. Colleagues say Professor Emeritus Lawrence Rosen has often used the slur during lectures on free speech. They say this is the first time he’s received such a negative response from students. A small group of students walked out of Rosen’s anthropology class on Feb. 6 after he used the slur three times, according to DailyPrincetonian.com, the university’s student newspaper which first reported Rosen’s comments. Rosen asked the class “Which is more provocative: A white man walks up to a black man and punches him in the nose, or a white man walks up to a black man and calls him (the racial slur)?”
Rosen refused a demand from several students to apologize and argued with at least one student. Two students later filed a complaint with school officials. Click here to read full article.
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