The University of Central Florida (UCF) has been ordered to reinstate a psychology professor who was fired last year after writing on Twitter that “black privilege is real.”
An arbitrator’s decision stated UCF failed to show “just cause” when it fired tenured professor Charles Negy and therefore violated his union contract. To remedy this, the university must fully restore his tenure, along with compensation and benefits.
The university said in a statement that it is “obligated to follow the arbitrator’s ruling.”
Negy, who has taught as a tenured professor at UCF since 2001, is a frequent critic of racial justice activism. In June 2020, amid unrest and violent protests following the death of George Floyd, Negy took to Twitter to question the narrative about “systematic racism” against the black community….