BREAKING: After Ombudsman Caffera refused to help unmask whistleblowers, @OleMiss has appointed an interim replacement.
One faculty member says the goal is "to stamp out efforts...that challenge the racism our university embraces in the name of donors." mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
One faculty member says the goal is "to stamp out efforts...that challenge the racism our university embraces in the name of donors." mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
“They just got rid of a guy who refused to cooperate with them in hunting down these whistleblowers, so I am only left to think that they would not appoint somebody else like that who would refuse to cooperate,” said one faculty member. mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
Faculty members who have relied on the ombudsman to share confidential workplace concerns are worried that the new appointee, UM law professor William Berry, cannot serve as a neutral, independent ombudsman because he is a longtime faculty member. mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
“No. That’s a categorical no. Under no circumstances would I go to the ombuds office now. And it has nothing to do with Berry. It has to do with what’s happened and with them trying to force Paul to reveal the names of the people that have come to him.” mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
“Will Berry could be Jimmy f*cking Carter and be the greatest saint that ever existed—this has nothing to do with him," said law school professor Antonia Eliason, saying that hiring a faculty member who performs other roles at UM "has a chilling effect." mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
“They have targeted three white men. Two of those have made their life’s work about studying & addressing racism in our society. One of them has done his job as the neutral moderator that an ombudsman is supposed to be. None of these attacks are warranted.”mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
Officially, Paul Caffera is STILL the ombudsman (his contract runs until next summer), but he's on administrative leave and barred from performing his duties.
“There’s an apparatus in place to silence, intimidate or disappear people. And it’s dastardly." mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
“There’s an apparatus in place to silence, intimidate or disappear people. And it’s dastardly." mississippifreepress.org/7602/um-appoin…
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