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Bias and Discrimination at UCLA
After denying a black doctor's charges of discrimination, UCLA settled for $4.5 million. Last week, a special panel reported "a campus racial climate in near crisis."
By Warren Olney • • 24m ListenAfter publicly denying an African-American doctor's charges of racial discrimination, UCLA settled for $4.5 million. Last week, a special panel reported "a campus racial climate in near crisis." We hear what it's like at the Medical Center and on the rest of the campus. Also, three endangered California condors from the LA Zoo were released to the wild today east of Big Sur. You could watch on the Condor cam.
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2 storiesBias and Discrimination at UCLA
Dr. Christian Head, a surgeon at UCLA's Medical Center, sued the university in April of last year, charging bias on the part of fellow faculty members. He complained that he was portrayed as a gorilla being sodomized during a graduation event. Last year he told KCRW, "I have never experienced a level of racism like this before in my life.
Read the story17 minCondor Cam Goes Live in Big Sur
At noon today, high in the hills of the Coast Range east of Big Sur, three endangered California Condors were released to the wild. They'd been treated for lead poisoning at the LA Zoo. You could watch the event on the Condor cam , which began operating on Monday for scientists and for the general public.
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