Grammar corrections lead to racism charge, and more
A minority student group is accusing a professor of racism for correcting grammar and punctuation in minority students’ assignments.
Grammar corrections lead to racism charge
A minority student group at the University of California, Los Angeles, is accusing a professor of racism for correcting grammar and punctuation in minority students’ assignments. The group, Students of Color, says “the grammar ‘lessons’’’ are acts of “micro-aggression” that have created “a hostile class climate.” Professor Val Rust said he was just trying to help students, but conceded they “don’t feel that is appropriate.”
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