An assistant general counsel for the University of North Texas submitted her resignation Friday after an outcry over her use of a racial epithet at an event to discuss hate speech.
Caitlin Sewell had used the N-word on Thursday at an event called “When Hate Comes to Campus,” report the North Texas Daily, the Dallas Morning News, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Houston Chronicle.
“It’s impossible to talk about the First Amendment without saying horrible things, like, you know, ‘You’re just a dumb n- - - - -, and I hate you,’ ” Sewell said. “That alone, that’s protected speech.”
“If you walk into the Dean of Students office and start screaming obscenities about, ‘F this place, F all of you, y’all are all f-ing stupid,’ they can escort you out and do that immediately.”