Termination reversed: Racist?

ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal court in New York preserved a white SUNY Albany student’s race discrimination claim brought against the school because, pressured by local businesses and civil rights activists, it reversed its decision to fire the men’s basketball coach, a Black man, even though he had assaulted the student during an away game.

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