"Allyson Friedman, an associate professor at Hunter College, sparked controversy when she interjected a Black eighth-grade student's tirade about the potential shutdown of her school during a Community Education Council meeting on Feb. 10. "They're too dumb to know they're in a bad school," Friedman reportedly said while her mic was live, according to the New York Times. "If you train a Black person well enough, they'll know to use the back," she said. "You don't have to tell them anymore.""
"She seemed to be referring to a comment made by Reginald Higgins, the school district's interim acting superintendent, who spoke about Carter G. Woodson - the father of Black history. 'If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told,' Woodson wrote in his 1933 book 'The Mis-education of the Negro.'"
Allyson Friedman, an associate professor at Hunter College, spoke on a live mic during a Community Education Council meeting on Feb. 10 and made crass remarks about Black students. Friedman said, "They're too dumb to know they're in a bad school," and added, "If you train a Black person well enough, they'll know to use the back," followed by, "You don't have to tell them anymore." She appeared to reference a quote from Carter G. Woodson about internalized outcast status. Education officials and city leaders condemned the remarks as blatantly racist and harmful. A university spokesperson called the comments abhorrent. Friedman apologized and attempted to clarify her remarks.
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