The University Of Central Florida Is The Largest University In The United States By Enrollment
We have been writing about efforts to fire professors who have criticized the “Defund the Police” campaign or Black Lives Matter. Now, Charles Negy, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida, is under school investigation and has received police protection after he tweeted about what he views as “black privilege.” While countless professors have written about “white privilege,” Negy is looking at discipline or termination while police have been called to his house to protect his life.
Negy is not the first professor to be put under police protection after voicing criticism of the protests or BLM. Once again, I am less interested in the merits of the underlying debate as the implications for free speech and academic freedom. As one of the large free speech blogs, we have long discussed efforts to pressure or fire academics for their exercise of free speech and academic freedom. Recently, however, these efforts have been joined by schools and fellow academics who seek to deter others from expressing opposing views.
Negy is facing outrage caused over his tweets in early June including a petition demanding his termination by more than 30,000 signatures. While classroom misconduct has been...
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My son happens to attend UCF, and he told me he has had to ignore the leftism of some teachers, or professors as they prefer to be known....it is therefore no surprise that a man who has legitimate questions for the minority community would be persecuted for those questions as a "how dare you want answers to difficult questions" moment....best of luck to you, Mr. Negy.....stay strong and don't let the bastards grind you down....and for God's sake, don't reverse your points or apologize....
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