The Liberty Justice Center has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit alleging the University of Illinois Chicago fired a professor because he is a “white male” who criticized the institution’s racial hiring practices, according to the lead attorney on the case.
The lawsuit is on behalf of Professor Stephen Kleinschmit (pictured) “whose contract was terminated after he criticized the university’s racially discriminatory hiring programs,” a news release from the law firm states.
“It was very clear that he was not welcome there because of the color of his skin and the fact that he was a white male,” lead attorney Reilly Stephens told The College Fix in a recent phone interview.
Stephens said they fired Kleinschmit in August of 2023, and later posted a job opening in his department encouraging minority candidates to apply.