Todd Shepherd, writing in Broad and Liberty on Monday (May 24) reported that St. Joseph’s University Assistant Professor, Greg Manco, has been cleared to return to the classroom for the Fall Semester.
Suppose your great-great-grandfather murdered someone. The victim’s great-great-grandson knocks on your door, shows you the newspaper clipping from 1905, and demands compensation from you. Your response?
— South Jersey Giants (@SouthJerzGiants) February 18, 2021
Now get this racist reparation bullshit out of your head for good. https://t.co/eYonlgmmSk
Several members of the St.Joe’s community had called for Manco’s removal after he posted what they considered to be a racist tweet.
According to Shepherd –
The university would not definitively say Manco was cleared, adding that they received “more than a dozen” complaints of bias or discriminatory conduct.
“The potential outcomes of an investigation include a finding of more likely than not that a violation of policy occurred, a finding of more likely than not that a violation of policy did not occur, or no determination could be made. In this case, a definitive determination could not be made due to insufficient evidence,” said Gail Benner, a communications officer with the university.
Manco’s comment, according to the Shepherd’s article was –
“I kept my politics out of the classroom. I had a quasi-anonymous Twitter account where only a few people even knew that it was me — my name wasn’t in the handle or bio. But then one day I got doxxed across three different social media platforms. I was outed as someone with what would be considered unpopular or controversial policy opinions in left-leaning academia, not to mention someone who was suddenly removed from teaching and coaching mid-semester, as if I was a threat to my students’ safety. How likely is it that another university would want to consider me for a job?”