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SDSU professor who teaches about racism punished for teaching about racism

A Latino philosophy professor at San Diego State University whose academic expertise includes topics of race and racism has been abruptly removed from teaching two of his courses.

At issue is Professor J. Angelo Corlett’s use of racial epithets to explain the difference between racial and racist language.

“On March 1 an unidentified Black student, who was not registered in Corlett’s critical thinking course, stopped by and repeatedly challenged Corlett’s mention of epithets, particularly one regarded as the most offensive slur against Black people,” the San Diego Union-Tribune reported March 6.

Corlett told The College Fix that he engaged with the visitor to explain his pedagogy, but was told later that day by administration that he was relieved of teaching duties for his “Critical Thinking and Composition” and “Philosophy, Racism and Justice” classes.

Corlett, who has earned multiple teaching awards at SDSU and has taught on racism for two decades, said there is a difference between the “use” and “mention” of racial epithets.