U. Central Florida Prof Under Investigation and Police Protection for Tweets About ‘Black Privilege’

U. Central Florida Prof Under Investigation and Police Protection for Tweets About ‘Black Privilege’

Professor Charles Negy teaches psychology at the University of Central Florida. He recently made some points about the current narrative of “systemic racism” on Twitter and it has exploded into a storm of outrage.

He is now being investigated by the school and is living under police protection.

Professor Jonathan Turley writes at his blog:

UCF Professor Under Investigation And Police Protection After Tweeting About “Black Privilege”

We have been writing about efforts to fire professors who have criticized the “Defund the Police” campaign or Black Lives Matter. Now, Charles Negy, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida, is under school investigation and has received police protection after he tweeted about what he views as “black privilege.” While countless professors have written about “white privilege,” Negy is looking at discipline or termination while police have been called to his house to protect his life.

Turley details what Negy said in now-deleted tweets:

Negy’s work is highly controversial and his tweets have inflamed critics. In a now deleted tweet, he wrote “Black privilege is real: Besides affirm. action, special scholarships and other set asides, being shielded from legitimate criticism is a privilege. But as a group, they’re missing out on much needed feedback.”

He has also written, again on Twitter, “If Afr. Americans as a group, had the same behavioral profile as Asian Americans (on average, performing the best academically, having the highest income, committing the lowest crime, etc.), would we still be proclaiming ‘systematic racism’ exists?”

Here’s an excerpt of the Change.org petition demanding his removal:

UCF: Fire Psychology Professor Charles Negy

We are calling on the University of Central Florida to dismiss psychology professor Charles Negy due to abhorrent racist comments he has made and continues to make on his personal Twitter account. In addition to racism, Negy has engaged in perverse transphobia and sexism on his account, which is just as reprehensible. While he has a right to free speech, he does not have a right to dehumanize students of color and other minority groups, which is a regular occurance in his classroom. By allowing him to continue in his position, UCF would simply be empowering another cog in the machine of systemic racism.

UCF is a diverse, welcoming campus of 60,000 students from all across the country and the world. Our diversity is our strength, and we should have faculty who understand and promote that – not the opposite. College is a place to learn and be exposed to new ideas, but for so many Black students, racism is not just an idea, but something they have experienced for their entire life, and the same goes for the LGBT community with trans and homophobia. They deserve better, and so does the entire campus community.

The petition has over 30,000 signatures.

Professor Negy recently spoke with conservative talk host Larry Elder. You can listen below:

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