A longtime English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University says his 'decision to teach and speak about racial justice' led to a parent complaining and the university terminating his contract.
Sam Joeckel, a longtime English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University, says his contract was terminated early after an accusation that his lessons on racial justice were"indoctrinating" students.
For years, Joeckel's class included a unit on the Black experience in the U.S., where he touched on the work of historic figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, as well as long-standing racial disparities in mass incarceration and educational attainment, asBut recently, administrators took issue with Joeckel's curriculum, saying that they received a complaint from a student's parent about his lessons related to race, the professor said.
"They did this for a clear reason: my decision to teach and speak about racial justice," he wrote in aPalm Beach Atlantic University is a Christian college in West Palm Beach, Fla. As of 2021, nearlywere attending the school, either in person or online. White students make up a little over half the student population, while 10% identify as Black and 17% identify as Hispanic.
The fallout at the university comes during a campaign by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis against what he callsDuring his tenure, DeSantis has worked to set limits on how the topics of race and gender are discussed in K-12 education, as well as
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