St. John’s professor Richard Taylor and his attorney Ronald G. Russo discuss suing St. Johns University.
A former St. John’s University professor has sued the school over his "disheartening" discharge related to racism claims.
The New York Post reported that Richard Taylor, a 46-year-old Ph.D. student and adjunct history professor at the St. John’s Queen's campus, was fired because of a misinterpreted question that was posed during a lesson involving slavery.
"At least one student filed a bias complaint last fall against Richard Taylor, 46, a Ph.D. student and adjunct history professor at the St. John’s Queens campus. The student reportedly said Taylor wanted students to justify slavery during a September lesson on the impact of globalization in the 15th and 16th centuries," the Post reported.