University of Louisville Job Ad Under Fire
22nd December 2015
The University of Louisville is being ripped for a job posting for a professor that it said could only be filled by an “African-American, Hispanic-American or Native American Indian.”
The website Inside Higher Ed, in a story with the headline “Whites, Asians Need Not Apply,” reported Wednesday that the posting raised legal questions about limiting job searches only to specific racial and ethnic groups, The Courier-Journal says.
My, what a surprise! Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
The ad for an assistant professor in U of L’s physics and astronomy department was abruptly removed from higheredjobs.com Tuesday after the department got a complaint that the preferences didn’t include people who have disabilities, the story said.
So it wasn’t Politically Correct enough. That’s good to know.
Cindy Hess, a university spokeswoman, said the ad was in error “because we did not intend to exclude any group or persons from applying for the position.” She added that the job will be re-posted, the story said.
Well, really, they did, they just didn’t want to be so public about it. I’ll bet you a paycheck that the person ultimately hired won’t be white or Asian.