Yale University dean calls theatre employees 'barely educated morons' on social media

Yale University dean calls theatre employees 'barely educated morons' on social media
A student walks on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Social media took another victim recently when a dean at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., was placed on leave after making several inappropriate online comments.

June Chu, dean of the school’s Pierson College, was called out for Yelp reviews in which she called customers at local restaurants “white trash” and “low-class folks,” according to the Associated Press.

She also called movie theatre employees “barely educated morons.”

There were numerous “reprehensible” posts that represented a more widespread pattern, damaged trust and were “deeply harmful to the community fabric,” said Stephen Davis, head of the college.

“No one, especially those in trusted positions of educating young people, should denigrate or stereotype others, and that extends to any form of discrimination based on class, race, religion, age, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation.”

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