Prof Sues Millsaps College After Being Fired for Calling America a ‘Racist Fascist Country’ in Email
“Millsaps College is dedicated to academic excellence and open inquiry. We are also committed to providing a safe and supportive campus for all”
This is obviously a free speech issue but I am guessing people are just sick and tired of this hateful message about the country from the left.
The College Fix reports:
Professor sues Millsaps College after being fired for ‘racist fascist country’ email
A former Millsaps College professor is suing the institution, alleging his termination for describing America as a “racist fascist country” in an email to students was censorship.
Professor James Bowley’s complaint, filed in September, alleges that the small Mississippi college breached his tenure and its founding tradition connecting faith to free speech. Bowley taught politics and religion at the college for more than 20 years.
“Millsaps fired a tenured professor because he expressed a political opinion in an email to three like-minded students in a political seminar,” the complaint claims.
However, college spokesperson Joey Lee told The College Fix that the institution is “confident” about defending its actions in the case.
“Millsaps College is dedicated to academic excellence and open inquiry. We are also committed to providing a safe and supportive campus for all,” Lee said in a recent email.
“Due to the pending litigation, we will not go into any further details at this time, but we look forward to the opportunity to tell the whole story,” Lee said. “We believe the facts will speak clearly, and we are confident in our position and in the legal process ahead.”
The college placed Bowley on administrative leave in November 2024. Almost a year later, in September, Bowley was terminated, according to the complaint. Initial reports said Bowley was fired in January, but Lee told The Fix that he was still on administrative leave at the time.
The controversy stems from an email Bowley sent to three students after the 2024 presidential election. Bowley wrote that he was canceling his “Abortion and Religion” class to “mourn and process this racist and fascist country.”
According to the complaint, Bowley’s decision was “rooted in compassion for the emotional distress that he knew his students were going through” due to the election of Donald Trump.
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“we look forward to the opportunity to tell the whole story,” Lee said”
I’ll be interested to hear the part of the story that explains how they let this guy hang around for 20 years.
He’s definitely not telling the whole story via his lawyers.
They don’t wait a year then choose to fire a tenured professor without having their ducks in a row.
Dear brainless trashmedia brainwashed Bowley, GFY.