College of Illinois at Chicago legislation professor Jason Kilborn defends himself as some college students name for his firing

CHICAGO (WLS) — A legislation professor on the College of Illinois at Chicago is defending himself as some college students name for his firing following accusations he used racial slurs in his educating.

Rev. Jesse Jackson joined members of UIC’s Black Regulation College students Affiliation Thursday to name for the dismissal of Prof. Jason Kilborn.

UIC launched an investigation over a take a look at query that used a redacted model of a racial slur in one in all Kilborn’s lessons. UIC’s Workplace of Entry and Fairness discovered Kilborn’s conduct was harassing primarily based on race, and violated college coverage

However Kilborn advised ABC7’s Stacey Baca that the complete incident is a big misunderstanding. He stated he was attempting to attach with college students and didn’t imply to offend anybody.

UIC stated the professor was positioned on momentary paid administrative go away for a short while in January. He’s now scheduled to show two lessons within the spring.