UT Chancellor plans for in-person meeting with students after protest over lecturer accused of racism
Students held a peaceful rally in Andy Holt Tower s lobby after an instructor was told to evaluate her teaching methods after writing a racist acronym during class. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 5:34 PM EST March 5, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Students gathered with signs and chants in the lobby of Andy Holt Tower on Friday after a University of Tennessee lecturer wrote a racist acronym during class in February and was told to evaluate her teaching methods.
Some students and student groups have continued to demand that Melissa Hargrove, a veteran instructor on race and anthropology, be fired after students reported she used an acronym coined by late hip hop artist Tupac Shakur that is also a racial slur.
Students protest after instructor writes racist acronym on chalkboard
University of Tennessee students held peaceful rally after an instructor was told to evaluate her teaching methods after writing a racist acronym during class. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 4:34 PM CST March 5, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Students gathered with signs and chants in the lobby of Andy Holt Tower on Friday after a University of Tennessee lecturer wrote a racist acronym during class in February and was told to evaluate her teaching methods.
Some students and student groups have continued to demand that Melissa Hargrove, a veteran instructor on race and anthropology, be fired after students reported she used an acronym coined by late hip hop artist Tupac Shakur that is also a racial slur.
Eleven student groups at the University of Tennessee are all calling on leadership to fire a professor who wrote a racist acronym on the whiteboard during class.