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   A former University of Virginia medical student can proceed with   
   a lawsuit against the school over his expulsion — which stemmed   
   from questions he asked about the nuance of microaggressions   
   during a panel discussion that led to him being branded a   
   threat, a federal judge has ruled.   
      
   Kieran Bhattacharya sued the prestigious state university for   
   violating his First Amendment rights and a judge denied the   
   school’s attempt to have it tossed last week, court records show.   
      
   The trouble for Bhattacharya began in October 2018, when the   
   then-second-year medical student attended a panel discussion on   
   the subject of microaggressions. The term is defined by Merriam-   
   Webster as “a comment or action that subtly and often   
   unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude   
   toward a member of a marginalized group (such as a racial   
   minority).”   
      
   During a question-and-answer portion of the panel, Bhattacharya   
   sought clarification on the definition of microaggression,   
   asking the presenter, assistant dean Beverly Cowell Adams, if   
   only marginalized groups were impacted by it, court records show.   
      
   Adams said it was a “very good question” and the answer is “no”   
   and then Bhattacharya cut in and said her slide indicated   
   victims of microaggressions must be members of marginalized   
   groups.   
      
   “So that’s contradictory,” Bhattacharya said, according to court   
   documents.   
      
   “What I had there is kind of the generalized definition. In   
   fact, I extend it beyond that. As you see, I extend it to any   
   marginalized group, and sometimes it’s not a marginalized group.   
   There are examples that you would think maybe not fit, such as   
   body size, height, [or] weight. And if that is how you would   
   like to see me expand it, yes, indeed, that’s how I do,” Adams   
   replied.   
      
   “Yeah, follow-up question. Exactly how do you define   
   marginalized and who is a marginalized group? Where does that   
   go? I mean, it seems extremely nonspecific,” Bhattacharya   
   followed up.   
      
   Adams replied “that’s intention” and it’s “intentional to make   
   it more nonspecific” while Bhattacharya continued to challenge   
   her, essentially arguing that the definition and logic behind   
   microaggressions were anecdotal and not backed up with hard,   
   scientific data.   
   Another dean stepped in and told a story about how former peers   
   and colleagues subjected her to “harmless jokes” and   
   microaggressions related to stereotypes about people who come   
   from rural states, like she did.   
      
   In total, Bhattacharya, Adams and the other dean debated back   
   and forth on the semantics of the term for just over five   
   minutes during the event.   
      
   The nigger.   
      
      
      
   Later that day, assistant urology professor Nora Kern, who   
   helped organize the panel and was in attendance, filed a   
   “Professionalism Concern Card” against Bhattacharya, saying he   
   “asked a series of questions that were quite antagonistic.”   
      
   “He pressed on and stated one faculty member was being   
   contradictory. His level of frustration/anger seemed to escalate   
   until another faculty member defused the situation by calling on   
   another student for questions. I am shocked that a med student   
   would show so little respect toward faculty members. It worries   
   me how he will do on wards,” Kern wrote, court records show.   
      
   An assistant dean at the school then asked to meet with   
   Bhattacharya, saying he observed his “discomfort” during the   
   panel and wanted to help him “understand and be able to cope   
   with unintended consequences of conversations.”   
      
   The student wrote back and said any perceived discomfort was   
   false.   
      
   “I was quite happy that the panel gave me so much time to engage   
   with them about the semantics regarding the comparison of   
   microaggressions and barbs. I have no problems with anyone on   
   the panel; I simply wanted to give them some basic challenges   
   regarding the topic. And I understand that there is a wide range   
   of acceptable interpretations on this. I would be happy to meet   
   with you at your convenience to discuss this further,” the   
   student replied.   
      
   While another dean asked to meet with Bhattacharya, the Academic   
   Standards and Achievement Committee met to discuss the concern   
   card and decided to send the student a letter to remind him to   
   be respectful and professional and to suggest he get counseling.   
      
   However, that suggestion soon became a mandate, court records   
   show.   
      
   Bhattacharya received an email in late November saying he must   
   be evaluated by the school’s Counseling and Psychological   
   Services Office before he could return to class.   
      
   When he asked what exactly he did wrong and under what authority   
   the school could mandate that he be psychologically evaluated,   
   he was invited to attend an ASAC meeting that was convened to   
   discuss his enrollment status, court documents say.   
      
   At the hearing, which Bhattacharya claims he was only given   
   three hours to prepare for, the student recorded audio and took   
   photographs of the attendees and was criticized for doing so. He   
   was told the reason for the hearing was because of recent   
   concerning behaviors and interactions at the panel meeting and   
   after.   
      
   The group voted to suspend Bhattacharya for “aggressive and   
   inappropriate interactions in multiple situations” and about a   
   month later, UVA police demanded he leave the campus for   
   allegedly making threatening comments on social media platforms.   
      
   Bhattacharya later brought a suit against the school, alleging   
   it violated his First Amendment rights, his 14th Amendment right   
   to due process and conspired to interfere with his civil rights   
   and injure him professionally. The school said Bhattacharya   
   didn’t have a claim, calling the allegations “baseless,” and   
   wrote in a brief that he was thrown out because he violated the   
   school’s professionalism standards. A federal judge agreed with   
   the school in part and dismissed every count except for the   
   First Amendment violation, which he upheld, allowing the case to   
   move forward.   
      
   A UVA spokesperson told The Post in an email “as a matter of   
   practice, the University does not comment on the specifics of   
   pending litigation” but did say “it is worth noting… the court’s   
   recent ruling is based only on the facts as alleged by the   
   plaintiff, and must accept all of those allegations as true at   
   this stage of the proceedings.”   
      
   “All but one of the claims in this case have been dismissed,”   
   the spokesperson continued.   
      
   “And we are confident that the remaining claim is without merit.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/04/08/virginia-student-can-proceed-with-   
   lawsuit-over-panel-confrontation-judge/   
      
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