A USC professor filed a lawsuit against the University Thursday, citing discrimination and harassment on the basis of religion and ethnic descent. Ali Abbas, a practicing Muslim of Egyptian descent who has taught at the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Sol Price School of Public Policy since 2014, alleged in the complaint that he was targeted by racial and religious harassment. The complaint also alleges USC did nothing after Abbas reported the jokes regarding his background.
“Throughout [Abbas’] employment, continuing to the present, he was targeted and suffered through harassing conduct from [USC] and its agents and employees based on being [a Middle Eastern man and practicing Muslim],” the complaint read. “[Abbas] was extremely disturbed by USC’s refusal and failure to address or discipline the senders of the offensive texts, which indicated to [him] that USC endorsed and ratified the sending and content of the texts.”
The article:
https://dailytrojan.com/2020/07/31/professor-sues-usc-for-alleged-racial-religious-harassment/
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