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Ferris State Professor Fired For Racist, Anti-Semitic, Homophobic Comments on Twitter

Jessica Ruf (EDU)

Mar 1, 2021

Ferris State University fired an assistant physical sciences professor, Dr. Thomas Brennan, after he posted racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic comments on Twitter, reports the Detroit Free Press.

Dr. Thomas Brennan

Brennan had previously been placed on administrative leave in November 2020 for his comments, which included “the N-word regarding Neil deGrasse Tyson, a homophobic slur, COVID-19 denial, and comments about a ‘Jewish mafia’ and COVID-19 being a ‘(J)ewish revolution.'”

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