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A University of New Hampshire chemistry professor resigned after he – a white male – was accused of posing as a female immigrant of color on Twitter to make racist and sexist remarks.
An investigation into the faculty member began in October and the university confirmed his resignation on Wednesday.
The letter continued, “While we are limited in what we can say in order to protect the privacy of all involved, we can share that the faculty member chose to resign when the university concluded that the conduct exhibited was not consistent with the university’s values and our expectation that every faculty member contribute to a professional academic environment free of intimidation and harassment.”
Dean Jr. and chemistry department chair Glen Miller did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Several students also accused the account of targeting women of color who spoke against his tweets and encouraged his followers to direct hate as well.
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Additionally, the account made it known that they had fought against an unnamed police department that wanted to speak out about racial injustice following thepolice killingofGeorge Floyd.
The account holder allegedly also spoke out against efforts to increase diversity in science, mathematics, engineering and technology fields.
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“Every time people would criticize the account and say that we do know racism exists in STEM and we do know sexism is a problem, it would say I am a woman of color so there, it’s not an issue,” they said.
source: people.com
