By Professor Ben Foster–
Recently U of L received negative publicity for alleged illegal employment activities, which is not surprising. Late fall 2015, I attended events on diversity and inclusiveness where two U of L diversity leaders spoke. Both men referred to black or Hispanic U of L employees as ‘tokens’ if those employees did not speak up about perceived problems facing minority groups like they did. One man specifically referred to such people as “no good to any of us.”
A few years back, some black U of L students referred to a conservative black student leader as an ‘Uncle Tom.