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UChicago Economics Professor Cleared Of Wrongdoing For Criticizing ‘Defund The Police’
LaCorte News ^ | 6/23/2020 | Damjan Tutarkov

Posted on 06/23/2020 1:29:48 PM PDT by Zenyatta

The University of Chicago has determined an economics professor who came under scrutiny over tweets critical of the “defund the police” movement did not engage in “discriminatory conduct on the basis of race in a University classroom.”

The statement Harald Uhlig, who has taught at UChicago since 2007, was temporarily removed as editor of the Journal of Political Economy, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago cut ties with him, and he came under investigation over alleged classroom “discriminatory behavior” a series of tweets earlier this month where he took aim at the growing movement to defund police departments following Geroge Floyd’s death.

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TOPICS: Illinois; Issues
KEYWORDS: censorship; chicago; haralduhlig; highereducation; illinois; uofchicago

1 posted on 06/23/2020 1:29:48 PM PDT by Zenyatta
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The University of Chicago has determined an economics professor who came under scrutiny over tweets critical of the “defund the police” movement did not engage in “discriminatory conduct on the basis of race in a University classroom.” ...Harald Uhlig, who has taught at UChicago since 2007, was temporarily removed as editor of the Journal of Political Economy, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago cut ties with him...
Now it's time to sue their intercoursing faces off.

2 posted on 06/23/2020 1:41:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Zenyatta

Sure sounds like a Hostile Work Environment, and he should SUE THE STUDENTS for creating it, ALL of them Personally.


3 posted on 06/23/2020 1:58:40 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Zenyatta

That was “mighty white” of them.


4 posted on 06/23/2020 2:16:26 PM PDT by sevlex
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