Even if that was the case, have you actually read the letter? It alone is so ridiculous that it's worth condemning.
Hell, I think this bit does it alone:
"It is simply unacceptable for faculty to use words in class that can marginalize, hurt and harm the psychological safety of our students"
Like, what? Are they going to outright ban all foreign words that could potentially be misunderstood as offensive? Will Kant need a rebranding to be allowed in class again?
It's unbelievable ethnocentrism and the fact that they actually have the gall to claim that they're doing it as a part of addressing systemic racism has to be the cherry on top. This is literally the same line of thought that leads to asking others to anglicize their name because it is offensive.
I agree with you. My claim is that there's "less reason to be outraged at the Dean".
If the professor was executed for this, for most people, there's reason to go to war.
If the professor was fired, for most people, there's reason to be outraged.
If the professor was voluntarily placed on leave with pay, well, maybe you still find reason to be outraged, but less so than the aforementioned scenarios.
In any case, most people in this thread are assuming the professor was fired, and that's incorrect.
Hell, I think this bit does it alone:
"It is simply unacceptable for faculty to use words in class that can marginalize, hurt and harm the psychological safety of our students"
Like, what? Are they going to outright ban all foreign words that could potentially be misunderstood as offensive? Will Kant need a rebranding to be allowed in class again?
It's unbelievable ethnocentrism and the fact that they actually have the gall to claim that they're doing it as a part of addressing systemic racism has to be the cherry on top. This is literally the same line of thought that leads to asking others to anglicize their name because it is offensive.