On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Robert Naiman <[email protected] > wrote:
> But the graduate students who wrote this letter _are_ raising > institutional questions. You might not agree with their critique, but that > is different from saying that they are not talking about institutions. They > are, indisputably, talking about institutions. > > > https://medium.com/@schumaal/what-follows-is-a-letter-collectively-written-by-the-students-currently-enrolled-in-coms-930-at-the-8f4914d4bbd5#.ou1d31sq2 > > Please don't lose sight of the main objective of these students' actions: they are trying to get this instructor fired because she is insufficiently sensitive to their feelings on some subjects. Read this for all the ugly details: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/nov/20/ku-communications-prof-who-used-n-word-class-discu/ And oh yeah, the students' open letter cites the notorious *Garcetti v. Ceballos *decision in support of their petition. This is a witch-hunt, with what should be disturbing similarities to what a very different interest group did to Steven Salaita. Phyllis Wise says "civility", these grad students says "hostile learning environment". The effect is the same. -------------------------snip Graduate students gathered with other communications faculty and administrators for a town hall of their own on Monday, to which Quenette was asked not to come. At the next class meeting, on Tuesday, the graduate students demanded that Quenette read aloud their letter, “An Open Letter Calling for the Termination of Dr. Andrea Quenette for Racial Discrimination.” Quenette said she began reading the letter but stopped partway through, stating that there were legal implications and that she would not read any more. She then listened as some students read personal statements aloud. “I feel terrible, upset and sad that I had hurt their feelings and made them feel uncomfortable, because I do care about them as people,” Quenette said. “I felt frustrated by some of the things written in the letter that I don’t remember happening like they described.” Quenette had prepared a statement of her own to clarify her comments and apologize. But she said several students said they didn’t want to hear her apology. “Someone said, ‘No, this is over,’ and they all got up and left,” Quenette said. Schumacher said students insisted Quenette read their letter aloud “to make sure that she got it.” She described Quenette as calloused, dismissive and scoffing despite “pain” visible on students’ faces. Schumacher said it became clear that Quenette still was not respecting the students, so they told her they did not want to hear her statement and left. -raghu.
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