Scandal! Racist and sexist comments by a Hungarian professor
Four students filed a complaint against a university professor for his racist, sexist, and homophobic comments.
The issues of migration and sexuality sometimes cause serious scandals in Hungary or even on an international level, like in the case of
As szeged.hu reported, on February 17,
László Gulyás, a historian and university professor, had a wide variety of sexist, homophobic, and racist comments during his online class
in the afternoon. We do not know yet if it was only a one-time occasion, but after the class, four students wrote a letter about the incident, filing a complaint. According to their knowledge, the Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education hiring the professor is already investigating the issue.
The historian, who at the same time is also
an academic advisor at the Institute of Hungarian Research, has just become a Knight of Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit in March.
Gulyás was giving an online lecture to almost 60 students with the title “Migration and refugee issues in the 20th century”. According to students, here are some examples of what he said.
“The American nigger culture is built on rap”
and that “English soldiers are chopping niggers.”
“There is no African civilisation. The blacks, the niggers were doing nothing, they were doing sh*t in the jungle”.
Then he proceeded to talk about “very ugly niggers”.
One of the students connecting to the class had the face of a well-known celebrity of Roma origin as his picture. The professor ordered the student to get rid of the picture saying
“So I hate gipsies, let alone him, I do not want to look at his picture.”
He called President Joe Biden a “half idiot” before offending American Vice President Kamala Harris by saying
“I do not even remember the name of that woman….Kamala Harris, I just call her the black b*tch…”
He added some homophobic and sexist comments to his racist ones, for instance, when he said “the poor Neanderthal would turn back after seeing One Direction…”.
He even went as far as involving some students. “It would be nice not to only see the faces of …. The ladies as well could turn on the cameras, at least I would have something to look at” or that “the lady with a creole complexion could come back”.
After taking a break, he asked whether everyone had reconnected to the lecture. He then reacted to a student’s answer by saying something like “as a heterosexual, I do not get excited by the fact that a male student returned”.
Naturally, professor Gulyás was also asked about the issue, but he avoided giving an answer to any of the questions posed by szeged.hu. Nevertheless, he did not deny the allegations made by the students or the fact that he made the aforementioned comments during his class.
However, he did write a letter to his students attending the course. He was quite upset and offended by the complaint and by the fact that the basis for the students’ letter was his view on the world and on history, and his ideology.
He advised students who do not like his opinion to drop his otherwise elective class.
Gulyás was right in his letter in saying that a professor has the right to have his own ideology and values, together with the right to teach according to these. However, on the condition that they give their knowledge objectively by a multilateral approach. Most importantly, respecting all rights and the dignity of students. The Code of Ethics of the University of Szeged directly states that the institution is not committed to any religion, Church, or ideology. When it comes to these topics, it is tolerant and neutral, and it is committed to facts, scientific truths, and data obtained by scientific methods. Conclusions drawn by these facts need to be presented with professional decency.
Based on all this information, the faculty investigating the issue will have quite a lot of work to do.
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Source: szeged.hu
7 Comments
This “professor” will surely receive more awards from the king of orbanistan. After all he just said what lots of fidesz people think not dare not say in public.
Hungary is in downfall and i really think it is a hopeless situation, especially because young people emigrate and vote orban out not by voting but by walking away of Hungary.
Palma Bruder and Mario the Moron – what a combination !
That professor is spot on about Biden being an idiot because he truly is an idiot. People world wide should be free to decide for themselves and have opinions whether we like them or not. That includes saying thimngs that offend others. If people lose the ability to say what they think we soon have a return to communism and all the tyranny that came with it. If someone is offended by that professor here is a novel idea. Act like an adult and pay him no attention and withdraw from his class. What is wrong with you people today? Do you need your mommy to protect you from the world? GROW UP and stop acting like your 3 years old.
The professor is inadequate amongst his own peers. In the real world he’s a nobody. If he spoke like that to his peers in a work environment he’d be on a disciplinary charge and sacked.
The professor is inadequate amongst his own peers. He’s a nobody. Any other profession and he’d be on a disciplinary charge and sacked. Grooming and power; yes, he’s an inadequate nothing. Actually he sounds pretty pathetic. Nothing more than an embarrassment to his workplace.
The professor should know, the only people who are allowed call blacks niggers are blacks, they become highly offended when called a nigger by anyone unless they are black.
Why would a prof have such a limited abiltiy to use language in a professional, non slang, non mean spirited way to get his ideas or ideology across to students? He disrespected everyone who was hearing him by trashing people whom they may feel an emotional attachment to thru family, lifestyle, work or simply neighborhood. Absolutely he has the right to hold his own personal opinions, but not to include them in a course unless that course is about how some individuals in society never change or grow, how some societies fall behind simply due to too many ‘dinosaurs’ amongst them and using himself as the example.
When I hear or read things such as this about Magyar it fills me with shame. I live in a well to do area of NS where the likes of the families who are known world over for their businesses have holiday homes. I know of 1 single Hungarian in this entire area. He has a factory near here & is an inventor or sorts. But what does anyone talk about when they mention him? That he molested children. He is like a lepper in our community. Jesus may have had compassion for the leppers but people who have children sure are not that big hearted.
This Prof needs to be fired! He is not good at his job and is not trustworthy to be a role model to students.