University of Illinois: run by clowns

Jason Kilborn, a tenured law professor at the University of Illinois who had been suspended and forced to undergo sensitivity training because several unnamed students objected to an exam question that referenced racial slurs and that Kilborn had been using in his tests for a decade, has now sued a number of officials at the university.

University of Illinois Chicago law Professor Jason Kilborn’s recently filed lawsuit accuses administrators of violating his Constitutional rights, as well as defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It seeks damages in excess of $100,000.

Kilborn has been described by students as “top notch.” As his lawsuit against the University of Illinois Chicago moves forward, Kilborn maintains campus leaders engaged in performative retribution against him.

The lawsuit can be read here.

The named officials in the lawsuit are Michael Amiridis, the university’s chancellor, Caryn A. Bills, its associate chancellor, Julie M. Spanbauer, the law schools dean, Donald Kamm, the director of the school’s Office for Access and Equity, and Ashley Davidson, the school’s Title Ix & Equity Compliance Specialist.

I had described Kilborn’s blacklisting back in November 2021, describing in detail how Kilborn’s exam question had been in use for ten years with no objection, and was designed to help his law students uncover facts that would help lawyers defend minorities against racial abuse. I also noted that:

Kilborn’s accusers are anonymous, and have made no effort to begin any open and honest communications. Their petition names no one, and shows no willingness to sit down and discuss the incident with him or the school, because if such a thing happened, the protest would quickly die out because it would become evident that the accusations are absurd and false.

Instead the unnamed protesters make demands, all designed destroy Kilborn while using this incident as a tool for gaining more power. The petition demands that Kilborn step down from all committees, that the school have multiple teachers assigned to all mandatory courses (teachers likely chosen by the protesters), and that all faculty and staff undergo “mandatory cultural sensitivity training,” which we all know translates into imposing some form of a Marxist anti-white indoctrination session on everyone.

Kilborn also notes that the school uses the exact same racial slurs he used in his exam in its racial sensitivity training courses. He wonders why it is “good” for the university to do this, and “bad” for him, even though the reasons for both are exactly the same, to teach students and faculty the nature of racist language.

Kudos for Kilborn for fighting back. Bigger kudos to him for naming names, and directly suing the individuals who committed this act of slander aimed at destroying his career.

Note also that Kilborn joins a growing number of the many blacklisted individuals whom I have documented in the past fourteen months who are fighting back. Expect many victories by these blackballed individuals in the coming years.

We can only hope these victories will make these leftist goons think twice the next time they wish to destroy someone because that person holds opinions they dislike.