A tenured University of Pennsylvania law professor is facing potential discipline, including being fired, for her comments about minorities.
Professor Amy Wax is the focus of a June 23 letter to UPenn faculty senate from the law school’s dean, Ted Ruger.
In the 12-page letter, Mr. Ruger accused Ms. Wax of committing a major infraction against the university’s standards under the faculty handbook and called for a “major sanction” against her.
The letter, which was first obtained by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) on July 13, said Ms. Wax “has shown a callous and flagrant disregard for our University community — including students, faculty, and staff — who have been repeatedly subjected to Wax’s intentional and incessant racist, sexist, xenophobic, and homophobic actions and statements.