Professor Greg Patton of USC's Marshall School of Business was teaching a ​communications class via Zoom call on August 20, according to the university. Headshot for Greg Patton, Professor of Clinical Business Communication at University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. "Professor Greg Patton repeated several times a Chinese word that sounds very similar to a vile racial slur in English," said Garrett in the email. "We acknowledge the historical, cultural and harmful impact of racist language," said USC Marshall in a statement. The Black China Caucus, an American organization that describes itself as "amplifying Black voices in the China space," also defended Patton on Twitter.

Source: CNN September 11, 2020 01:52 UTC