Tupac reference in class leads Tennessee university to apologize for racist acronym Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer
Feb. 5 An acronym scrawled on a whiteboard during an Africana studies class has University of Tennessee officials apologizing to both students and the community.
The U.T. College of Arts & Sciences in Knoxville apologized in a series of tweets Thursday, explaining a faculty member wrote a racially charged acronym during the class, while discussing the late rap artist Tupac Shakur.
Information on the incident is still being gathered, which may precipitate additional actions, officials said. College and department leadership is actively talking with our students and faculty member about an Africana Studies class in which the faculty member wrote a racially charged acronym on the whiteboard, the Arts & Sciences Department said in a tweet.