PEN America: Disciplining New School Professor Would Be Threat to Academic Freedom
August 09, 2019
August 09, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Professor who employed n-word did so in service of pedagogy, not hate
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Reports that a professor at the New School might be disciplined for using the n-word in a class on the work of James Baldwin represents a troubling threat to academic freedom and free speech in the classroom, PEN America said in a statement today.
"Some words are so heinous that . . .
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- Professor who employed n-word did so in service of pedagogy, not hate
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Reports that a professor at the New School might be disciplined for using the n-word in a class on the work of James Baldwin represents a troubling threat to academic freedom and free speech in the classroom, PEN America said in a statement today.
"Some words are so heinous that . . .