A university professor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been placed on paid leave after a video widely shared on social media showed him using a racial slur in class and appearing to give students permission to use the slur “because we’re using it in a pedagogical sense.”
“Effective yesterday, Friday, September 11, that faculty member in the video, education professor Gary Shank, is on paid leave, pending investigation,” Duquesne University said in a statement, adding that another professor is taking over the course.
The video posted on Twitter on Friday afternoon shows Shank teaching an online course.
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