Former Graduate Student Sues The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Alleged Race Discrimination
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is under fire again this week after a former graduate student filed a federal lawsuit against the university for racial discrimination and retaliation at the university’s Kenan-Flagler Business School (KFBS).
Rose Brown, whose attorneys filed the suit Tuesday, was the only Black female in the KFBS Ph.D. program and was allegedly forced out of the program despite her exemplary coursework and research.
“Rose Brown was told she wasn’t smart enough and didn’t fit in, the code words brilliant young black people still hear even in the most progressive institutions. When she stood up for herself, her advisors actively tried to ruin her career”, said Artur Davis, one of Brown’s lead attorneys. “Brown was dismissed from the Ph.D. program roughly a month after filing a complaint with the university’s Equal Opportunity Compliance Office complaining of a pattern of discriminatory and hostile treatment.”
