Using the N-Word

Inside Higher Ed
By Scott Jaschik
February 9, 2018

Eric Triffin is known for singing and dancing in New Haven, where since 1986 he has been an adjunct in public health at Southern Connecticut State University.  He typically begins his classes by asking a student to pick and play a song.  Many times he joins in the song and dances to it.

Triffin was suspended this week when he sang along to a song that a student played at the beginning of class, a rap song that featured the N-word.  Some black student leaders are calling for the university to punish Triffin for what he did in class that day.

Read the full article at the Inside Higher Ed website here.