UCLA professor under investigation for reading MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" aloud in class because it has the N-word in it

[Mark Crispin Miller]

Professor under investigation for reading MLK's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' containing N-word

By Emma Colton

June 8, 2020 - 4:01 PM

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/professor-under-investigation-for-reading-mlks-letter-from-birmingham-jail-containing-n-word

The University of California, Los Angeles has reportedly launched an investigation into a white professor who read Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail,” which contains the N-word, to students.

The Washington Free Beacon obtained a political science department email last week in which Michael Chwe, UCLA political science chairman, and two other department heads denounced lecturer W. Ajax Peris, who is white, for saying the N-word aloud during a lecture. UCLA will also host a town hall for students this week to discuss the controversy and "outline future next steps" and urged students to come forward with complaints.