Ex-Boston University lecturer accused of assuming Asian students' ethnicities denies discrimination claims

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Ex-Boston University lecturer accused of assuming Asian students' ethnicities denies discrimination claims

Boston University’s Equal Opportunity Office (EOO) found evidence to support the claim that retired Boston University lecturer Geoffrey Carliner discriminated against his Asian students, an allegation Carliner continues to deny.

A student from Carliner’s Economics of Less-Developed Regions class claimed that the professor was “making [Asian students] feel uncomfortable, offended and unable to participate fully or attend class,” according to The Daily Free Press.

Carliner allegedly assumed his Asian or Asian American students’ ethnicities based on their last names. The student also claimed that Carliner would call on Asian students to answer questions regarding China’s policies.

“I don’t think I discriminated,” Carliner said, according to The Daily Free Press. “I, of course, did not mean to make anybody feel uncomfortable. I think it’s political correctness gone amok to fire me for what happened in my economics class last spring.”

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