People Are Debating Whether This BC Professor's Rant To Students Is Racist Or Not (VIDEO)
"Is that racist? That’s a fact."
A university professor in B.C. has been accused of making racist comments during a lecture, and it was caught on video.
In the video, posted to Streamable, you can hear the professor from the University of British Columbia's Department of Chemistry, ranting about IQ levels and race.
The professor has been identified as Dr. John Sherman, according to a UBC Reddit thread where the video was shared.
"I’ll give you a fact. Black people do poorer on IQ tests than white people," he said in the video.
"Is that racist? That's a fact," he added.
He also said: "Asians do better than white people on the IQ test, that's a fact. Now you can make judgements from that. Does that mean that Asians are smarter than white? White are smarter than Black? I don't know."
"Is that racist to even ask that question? I don't think it's racist but that's just a historical fact," he added.
Dr. Sherman continued to rant on the subject, restating that it was a fact.
A screenshot was also shared on the thread and is of an update sent to Dr. Sherman's class, addressing his comments.
The matter is under investigation to determine what happened during the lecture on January 19 after someone reported the professor's comments.
The update encouraged people to watch a nine-minute period of the lecture recording which "will cover the whole situation, including context."
"He uses a word as an example and made some comments," it said.
It added that a different professor would be teaching the class.
The thread now has 447 comments, and people are debating whether or not the UBC professor's remarks were racist.
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There are lots of opinions and facts being brought to the thread.
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Overall it has turned into a heated debate.