Just a year ago, the most liberal state in the country, which is a majority-minority state, rejected an affirmative action initiative by a wide margin. But having that completely mainstream view is assumed to deserve "professional consequences" in academia today. 
This story just gets further and further through the looking glass.
Underlying all of these panics is an element of deep-seated racism. This professor (and I'm sure he's not alone) just assumes a) that all black students have one opinion and b) that black students are too fragile to cope with having a professor with a different political view.
Dropping out of academia 15 years ago was the best decision I ever made.
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