Source: The Conversation – USA – By George Justice, Professor of English, Arizona State University
For acclaimed actor Phylicia Rashad, July 1, 2021 was the official first day on the job as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University. But some hoped it would also be her last.
The day before, Rashad had sent out a controversial Tweet in support of her onetime “TV husband,” Bill Cosby, after a court overturned his sexual assault conviction. “FINALLY!!!!” Rashad wrote in the Tweet. “A terrible wrong is being righted a miscarriage of justice is corrected!” This prompted critics and Howard students to call for her resignation.
With support for Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad becomes just one of several deans to tweet themselves into trouble
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With Support for Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad Becomes One of Several Deans to Tweet Themselves Into Trouble
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The Former Director of Loyola University's Communication Program is suing the university and its campus newspaper for defamation. Sonya Duhe said a series of articles in the student paper painted her as a racist. Sign up for our Newsletters They were published last June after Duhe announced she was leaving Loyola to take a job at Arizona State. That job offer was rescinded. More than a dozen Loyola students accused Duhe of racist and insensitive.
Former Director of Loyola University s Communication program sues school paper, university
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