CUNY professor apologizes for ‘blatantly racist’ hot mic moment as Hunter College faces pressure to fire her

Source: New York Post

A New York City university professor was forced to apologize after she was busted on a hot mic making a “blatantly racist” remark about black students — as calls for her to be fired continued to escalate. Allyson Friedman, an associate professor at Hunter College, sparked widespread fury after she inadvertently interrupted a black eighth-grade student’s concerns about the potential shutdown of her school during a public Community Education Council meeting on Feb 10. 3 Allyson Friedman, a Hunter College professor, sparked outrage with her comments made on a call about school closures.