Students say they're unhappy with Syracuse University's decision to put a professor on administrative leave while it investigates his use of what the school called 'derogatory language.'
on her Instagram account, which featured an excerpt of the syllabus in which Zubieta refers to the coronavirus as"Wuhan Flu" or"Chinese Communist Party Flu."
She saw it on The Tab Syracuse, which documents student and campus life through memes, and decided to call him out. "It's not safe for students to be in a classroom with a professor who thinks their ethnicity should be blamed for a pandemic," she said."I agree he should be on leave but the investigation better be quick because to me it's incredibly straight-forward. He used political and racist language in a chemistry class."Zubieta sent to students in which he calls the coronavirus"CCP Virus.
While the #NotAgainSU organizer was impressed at the quicker response this time around, she was surprised at the actual decision."There is no need for an investigation if there is proof. It went viral, so the evidence is there," she said."These stereotypes and biases that are incorporated in the class by faculty will allow for unsafe spaces for students."
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