North Carolina Instructor's E-Mail on 'Hate Speech' Prompts Investigation

The U.S. Department of Education will investigate an incident at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in which an instructor sent an e-mail message to her class accusing a student of "hate speech." During a class discussion, the student had expressed objections to homosexuality.

The department's Office for Civil Rights will try to determine whether the student, who has not been publicly identified, faced discrimination on the basis of race, gender, or national

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