Hunter College has placed associate biology professor Allyson Friedman on leave following widespread backlash over comments she made during a virtual public meeting that were captured on a hot mic, as reported by The New York Post.
The incident occurred Feb. 10 during a New York City School District 3 Community Education Council meeting. Friedman, who attended as a parent of a public school student, was inadvertently heard interrupting a Black eighth-grade student who was speaking about concerns over the potential shutdown of her Upper West Side public school.
A recording of the meeting circulated online, prompting swift criticism.
“They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school,” Friedman was heard saying while her microphone was unknowingly unmuted.
“If you train a black person well enough, they’ll know to use the back,” she added. “You don’t have to tell them anymore.”
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