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Evergreen State College Professor resigns; awarded $500,000 in settlement

Evergreen State College Professor resigns; awarded $500,000 in settlement

Washington State Troopers try to keep counter-protesters back from a protest by the conservative group Patriot Prayer, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Photo: KGMI


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OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Evergreen State College Professor at the center of campus protests this spring has resigned, and will be given $500,000 in a settlement announced Friday.

Professor Bret Weinstein was a vocal critic of the College event that asked white students to leave campus for a day of absence.

A group of students called him a racist, and their video went viral.

The Seattle Times reports Weinstein had criticized changes to the school’s annual day of absence after white students who chose to participate were asked to go off campus to talk about race issues.

 

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