Eric Rasmusen: Indiana University professor gets to keep job despite posts school calls “racist, sexist and homophobic” – CBS News

He defended his use of the word “slut,” stood by his position that gay men shouldn’t teach because they prey on students and called affirmative action corrupt.

“The whole idea of affirmative action is that too few black students (would) get in without racial preferences, so we need to lower the standard for them and accept that they will do worse academically,” he said.

“Academic freedom should protect me even if I believed all the things the provost attributed to me,” he added, according to CBS Indianapolis affiliate WTTV.

Rasmusen told the station he doesn’t believe students should be concerned about bias.

“Not at all. I think less in mine, than in most. I try to bend over backwards if students disagree with me politically,” he said.

Rasmusen added that he supports women in academia, and pointed out to WTTV that his wife has a doctorate and his daughter might become a philosophy professor.

via www.cbsnews.com

I know Eric! I had no idea this was going on. It sounds like his views are not exactly those attributed to him. He publishes a lot.