Latino professor punished after teaching class on racial slurs

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/latino-professor-punished-after-
teaching-class-on-racial-slurs

A Hispanic professor at San Diego State University was removed from
teaching two classes after he showed a presentation slide that featured
racial slurs against various ethnic identities.

J. Angelo Corlett, a professor of philosophy and ethics at SDSU, presented
the lesson earlier this month to demonstrate a philosophical concept
distinguishing the use of words versus simply mentioning words. It
included slurs against black, Hispanic, Asian, and white people.

According to the San Diego Tribune, a black student who was not registered
for the class took umbrage at the slide due to its mention of a slur
against black people and confronted Corlett about it.

Corlett told the outlet that he had been using the method of mentioning
the slurs for 20 years. But following the student's complaint, the
university removed him from teaching the two classes that featured the
lesson.

“You have to mention the words in order to explain why they are racist and
should not be used,” the professor told the San Diego newspaper. “Some
students are confused about what counts as racism. And some are more
concerned about being offended than learning about the logic and science
of language.”

The university's action drew condemnation from several academic freedom
organizations, including the Foundation for Individual Rights in
Education, which sent an open letter to San Diego State University
President Adela de la Torre calling the discipline against Corlett "wholly
uncalled for." The letter has been signed by faculty from a number of
colleges and universities nationwide.

"Students are free, of course, to register criticisms of Corlett’s
pedagogical methods, as Corlett undoubtedly recognizes," the letter says.
"But mere offense over a professor’s exercise of academic freedom falls
far short of the threshold for disciplinary action."

"We urge SDSU to promptly return Professor Corlett to the classroom, and
to make a clear statement in support of his academic freedom rights," it
continues. "We worry that failure to do so will have a prolonged chilling
effect on faculty expression and send the signal to your faculty that they
teach difficult and controversial material at their own risk."

In a statement to the Washington Examiner, a spokesperson for SDSU claimed
"the information shared in the media coverage is not a complete reflection
of what has occurred" and that "the university holds in highest regards
all protections for academic freedom."

"After reviewing multiple complaints from students, the university
considered the severity of the situation and the support needed for our
students, and reassigned the professor. Again, as this involves a
personnel matter, the university cannot provide further information at
this time," the university said. "SDSU has a responsibility to review
concerns raised and to respond. It is also the responsibility of our
university to help ensure a quality learning environment for our
students."

The university also pointed the Washington Examiner to statements from the
Associated Students of SDSU, the Afrikan Student Union, and education
professor Frank Harris, that supported the university's decision to
reassign Corlett.

"... For black students, attending Professor Corlett's class was like
repeatedly experiencing a hate crime," Harris said. "Maybe not in the
legal sense, but certainly in the moral sense and the experiential sense
for the numerous Black students and women who have been harmed by his
actions."

Corlett did not respond to a request for comment.



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