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Kaplan made an appearance at a faculty meeting thereafter to clear up the misunderstanding. Ann Althouse, another law professor at the school, was at the meeting.
"He said he didn't say them [the comments] but understands why he was misunderstood and that he is preparing a response that is both compassionate and appropriate for a law professor," Althouse said in an interview with The Badger Herald. "Mostly he talked about how he cared about the law school—he emphasized the support he's heard from colleagues."
The law school held a forum after Kaplan made the comments to hear what law students had to say about the situation. However, Kaplan did not attend the forum, which angered many students who wished the discussion would have been more balanced. After this, Kaplan proposed having a debate in his class about the situation in order to use it as an educational tool. Many students were not in support of this idea either.
Mai Der Yang, one of Kaplan's students, told The Badger Herald, "He encouraged us to come to class with a statement to where we could engage in a public forum to discuss and debate whether his comments where true. He expected citations where we got this information."
The school's Academic Freedom Committee released a statement saying:
"There is a distinct possibility that the emotion and pressures surrounding this case…will have a chilling effect on honest and good faith discussion of racial and cultural issues in class and on campus."
