Georgetown Law Institution administrator Ilya Shapiro quit just days after starting his position, claiming that the school has “created an unacceptably hostile work environment” for him after he sent racist and misogynistic tweets.
In response, 21 student groups at Georgetown Law signed a petition calling for Shapiro to be fired.
He was placed on paid leave for four months while the school investigated.
Here’s my resignation letter from @GeorgetownLaw, a place that doesn’t value free speech. In the name of DEI, it stifles intellectual diversity, undermines equal opportunity, and excludes dissenting voices. pic.twitter.com/KrAlfTEk7z
— Ilya Shapiro (@ishapiro) June 6, 2022
Georgetown announced Thursday night they found since he wasn’t an employee at the time of the tweets, he couldn’t be disciplined for them.
But on Monday morning, Shapiro announced his resignation.
“You have created an unacceptably hostile work environment for me on account of my political views and affiliations,” he said in a letter to the dean. “You’ve painted a target on my back such that I could never do the job I was hired for.”
The Georgetown Black Law Students Association sent an open letter to the school after the university announced it would not discipline Shapiro, stating:
“We write to express our outrage, offense, and disheartenment over [this] decision … [It] reinforces that there are no repercussions for demeaning Black women.” – Georgetown Black Law Students Association
