Professor sues UCLA after refusing to grade Black students more leniently than peers

An accounting professor at UCLA said he filed a lawsuit against the school after it put him on leave and allegedly threatened to fire him for not grading Black student’s more leniently than White peers.

The ordeal began, according to Klein, on June 2, 2020, eight days after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. A white student emailed Klein asking for a "no harm" final for Black students, meaning low grades would not be counted, in response to "unjust murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd."

Klein described the proposal as "deeply patronizing and offensive" to Black students and said the email left him "shocked."