Professor Nathan Cofnas, who came under fire for publicizing plagiarism allegations against now-deceased Cambridge professor Jason Arday, is now under investigation in Belgium. Cofnas conducts research at Ghent University in that nation.
Belgium's center for equal opportunities, Unia, is planning to file a complaint against the American professor for alleged violations of the nation's anti-racism law, The Brussels Times reports. He's also been facing an investigation by the university. Cofnas was already suspended by the trans rector at the university, who was the same person who hired him.
Unia claimed that Cofnas, a research professor of philosophy, "was spreading ideas in Belgium that rank people in hierarchy on the basis of supposed scientific knowledge," the outlet reports.
This follows the original investigation into Cofnas, who has been essentially scapegoated for Arday's death. Arday was accused of plagiarism, and as those allegations made the rounds, he resigned and then was found dead in an apparent suicide. In years past, when accusations of plagiarism were brought by journalists, Arday reported the journalists to police.
The US Ambassador to Brussels said that he intended to review the relationship and any funding between the US and Ghent University. Cofnas gave an interview to Winston Marshall about race realism and revealed that statistics cited were actually from Harvard University's own numbers.
Unia claims to be an independent body that is "together for equality." They "offer training, draft policy recommendations and conduct research on discrimination and equality." They go on to say that they "also support anyone who reports discrimination and work together to find solutions."
Their definition of "discrimination" is "the unjustifiable difference in treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of protected characteristics. A protected characteristic is, for example, your skin colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. Discrimination, therefore, involves treating someone less favourably than others in a similar situation for no legitimate reason. Discrimination based on certain protected characteristics and in certain areas of society is prohibited by law."
Cofnas reported on allegations of plagiarism, which was far from "no legitimate reason."
Belgium's center for equal opportunities, Unia, is planning to file a complaint against the American professor for alleged violations of the nation's anti-racism law, The Brussels Times reports. He's also been facing an investigation by the university. Cofnas was already suspended by the trans rector at the university, who was the same person who hired him.
Unia claimed that Cofnas, a research professor of philosophy, "was spreading ideas in Belgium that rank people in hierarchy on the basis of supposed scientific knowledge," the outlet reports.
This follows the original investigation into Cofnas, who has been essentially scapegoated for Arday's death. Arday was accused of plagiarism, and as those allegations made the rounds, he resigned and then was found dead in an apparent suicide. In years past, when accusations of plagiarism were brought by journalists, Arday reported the journalists to police.
The US Ambassador to Brussels said that he intended to review the relationship and any funding between the US and Ghent University. Cofnas gave an interview to Winston Marshall about race realism and revealed that statistics cited were actually from Harvard University's own numbers.
Unia claims to be an independent body that is "together for equality." They "offer training, draft policy recommendations and conduct research on discrimination and equality." They go on to say that they "also support anyone who reports discrimination and work together to find solutions."
Their definition of "discrimination" is "the unjustifiable difference in treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of protected characteristics. A protected characteristic is, for example, your skin colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. Discrimination, therefore, involves treating someone less favourably than others in a similar situation for no legitimate reason. Discrimination based on certain protected characteristics and in certain areas of society is prohibited by law."
Cofnas reported on allegations of plagiarism, which was far from "no legitimate reason."
