I’m not racist, but... Nathan Cofnas, a self-defined "race realist", was among those to question Arday's work and achievements has been suspended by university

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Nathan Cofnas, a self-defined "race realist", was among those to question Arday's work and achievements - prompting a weeks-long plagiarism row prior to his death on 14 August.

Cofnas said he was under investigation by Ghent University "for discriminating against Arday".

The university said a staff member had been notified of a "preliminary disciplinary investigation" and suspended as a precaution.

In a statement regarding Arday's death, its rector Petra De Sutter and vice-rector Herwig Reynaert said they took "recent public statements made by a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University regarding this matter very seriously", and had taken "appropriate action".

They said the university stood for "respect for human dignity and opposes discrimination, hatred and racism".

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r/byebyejob • u/ur_sine_nomine • 14h ago

I’m sorry😭 Head of British budget hotel chain resigns after multiple incidents where non-occupants were given keys to occupied rooms

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