Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek, chancellor of the University of Tennessee in KnoxvilleOne of the state's leading lawmakers wants someone at the University of Tennessee to lose their job over a Web post that encouraged employees to "ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise."
In a Facebook post on Friday morning, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey said UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy Cheek approved the post, so he should resign. If not, Ramsey said, "the entire staff of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion should be dismissed."
"Political correctness has been a scourge on American academia for too long," wrote Ramsey, R-Blountville. "If liberal arts universities in New York and Massachusetts wish to continue the practice that is up to them, but it has no place at institutions of higher learning in Tennessee."
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