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December 17, 2020

University of Mississippi Slammed for Firing Prof. Who Called Out Relationship with "Racist Donors"
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In academic news, hundreds of professors have signed an open letter
criticizing the University of Mississippi for firing historian and
antiracist scholar Garrett Felber after he spoke out against the
school's relationship with what he described as "racist donors." In
October, the university refused to allow Felber to receive a grant for a
prison education program called "Study and Struggle." Felber then
criticized the University of Mississippi's relationship with powerful
donors, saying, "this antiracist program threatens racist donor money.
And racism is the brand. It's in the name." Felber is the author of the
new book, "Those Who Know Don't Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black
Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State."


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