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University of Oklahoma Prof Told Students ‘OK, Boomer’ Is Equivalent to the N-Word

REALLY?

The journalism professor is in hot water for telling his class, “Calling someone a boomer is like calling someone a (n-word).”

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A journalism professor at the University of Oklahoma told his class Tuesday that saying the phrase “OK, boomer” was equivalent to saying the n-word. According to The Oklahoma Daily, Peter Gade—a professor who teaches upperclassmen—was discussing changes in the journalism industry with his “Journalism, Ethics and Democracy” class.

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