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Florida Atlantic University professor faces opposition from students after blaming "black supremacy" for slavery

Florida Atlantic University is facing demands that it investigate Marshall DeRosa, a professor of political science who has been called a white supremacist.

“If faculty members here have ties to people who have in the past lynched my folks, I deserve to know that, do I not?” Jonathan Jackson, an alumnus who identified himself as a current graduate student in the humanities, said during a Faculty Senate meeting last week. Video of the exchange has since been shared online.

Others have called for DeRosa’s termination.

Read entire article at Inside Higher Ed