SDSU Professor Disciplined Over Racial Slur Claims 'Merely Doing His Job'

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SDSU Professor Disciplined Over Racial Slur Claims 'Merely Doing His Job'

A college professor in California who was disciplined over his use of racial slurs has said he had been "merely doing his job."

Philosophy and ethics professor J. Angelo Corlett, of San Diego State University (SDSU), was removed from two courses—Philosophy, Racism and Justice, and Critical Thinking and Composition—on March 1, after complaints he used the n-word in a lecture.

Corlett said he used the slur to distinguish between racist language, and racial language; the latter he defined as "the mere 'mentioning' of a racial slur, without racist intent."

In an op-ed published on Sunday in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Corlett said the SDSU dean had received "numerous student complaints" and claimed she told him he was "no longer effective in the course."

The tenured professor, who has been employed by the university for 25 years, claims SDSU did not notify him about the complaints beforehand and did not give him the chance to defend himself before being removed from the courses.

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