A professor at a Pennsylvania university has been placed on paid leave after a video shared on social media showed him using the “N-word” repeatedly during an online class. Duquesne University confirmed that education professor Gary Shank was no longer teaching, pending an investigation. Another faculty member will take over the educational psychology course, WTAE reported Friday. In a statement after the incident, School of Education Dean Gretchen Generett offered her “sincere apologies” to students and thanked those who emailed the professor directly after the class. “I understand that sending those emails was not easy and I want to thank students for using their voices to share troubling and disturbing language that was used by your professor in class,” she said.

Source: Fox News September 13, 2020 12:22 UTC