💬 It's pretty hard for UGA to claim there isn't racial issues (IE: Fields) when their own staff is publicly racist.

[TerryP]

But, UGA is not a private school. The paycheck he gets is probably reduced tuition and/or a small stipend. If he was white, it might add to any claims Fields has about UGA being racist. But this guy isn't white. Now all the white kids will want to transfer and claim that they couldn't get an education because the "faculty" is racist.

Yes, UGA isn't a private school: we all know that. The point was they also said in that ruling that matters involving state schools would be subject to state law.

My point was about whether or not he was/is considered staff. I know at UA GA's fall under the same rules with their students as professors in regard to conduct and those GA's are treated as students in the same scenarios. But, I still have a hard time believing in a court of law he wouldn't be considered a staff member.

Purely a layman's point of view...

 

[94 Grad]

But, I still have a hard time believing in a court of law he wouldn't be considered a staff member.

Court of Law isn't about what makes sense... I agree, it makes sense, but it will depend on what the meaning of "is" is...