# Alabama dean resigns following tweets on racism

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/alabama-dean-resigns-following-tweets-on-racism/302>\
**Category:** Academia\
**Tags:** freedom-of-speech\
**Created:** [September 15, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/alabama-dean-resigns-following-tweets-on-racism/302 "2019-09-15T02:48:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![rebecca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/rebecca/32/520_2.png) [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/alabama-dean-resigns-following-tweets-on-racism/302/1 "2019-09-15T02:48:32Z")

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> **[Alabama dean resigns following Breitbart article on Tweets](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/09/alabama-dean-resigns-following-breitbart-article-tweets)**
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> Dean of student affairs quits following the resurrection of his 2017 tweets connecting the American flag and police to racism.

Freedom of speech in academia takes another hit. 🙁

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**Author:** ![surya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/surya/32/203_2.png) [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/alabama-dean-resigns-following-tweets-on-racism/302/2 "2020-07-18T21:21:06Z")

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not only in academia, but the ‘free’ press:

> **[The American Press Is Destroying Itself](https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-news-media-is-destroying-itself)**
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> A flurry of newsroom revolts has transformed the American press

for a counter:

> **[Should We Cancel Cancel Culture? - Steve Salaita](https://stevesalaita.com/should-we-cancel-cancel-culture/)**
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> Let's figure out what we're talking about first.

counter counter:

> **[Dogpiling Taibbi and the Dearth of the Free Press | naked capitalism](https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/06/dogpiling-taibbi-and-the-dearth-of-the-free-press.html)**
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> A cri de couer on sorting the news

now is the time for polemics! 🙂