Hart Blanton, the head of Texas A&M's department of communications and journalism, said that race was a factor in the failed hiring of Black journalism professor Kathleen McElroy and that then-President M. Katherine Banks interfered in the hiring process.
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“The unusual level of scrutiny being given to the hiring of Dr. [Kathleen] McElroy was acknowledged by one administrator to have been based, at least in part, on race," said Hart Blanton, head of the department of communications and journalism."Regardless of the source of any such pressure, I understand it to be illegal for any employer—much less a public university—to subject a job candidate to stricter scrutiny due to her race or color.
“To the contrary, President Banks injected herself into the process atypically and early on,” Blanton said. Laylan Copelin, vice chancellor for marketing and communications at the A&M System, said Friday that the system is in the early stages of an investigation into McElroy's hiring process. That inquiry, he said, will include interviews with Blanton, Banks and others and a review relevant documents and communications. He added that system leaders"have read, heard and understood the concerns of our Aggie community stemming from the attempt to hire Dr. Kathleen McElroy.
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