# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-02T15:01:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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The placement of a UNC professor on administrative leave — as the university investigates allegations regarding his advocacy for politically-motivated violence — led to a rally of support on campus Wednesday afternoon at South Building.

Dozens of campus community members, locals and visiting supporters gathered outside UNC’s administrative building to criticize university leaders for suspending Dwayne Dixon, a professor who teaches Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, earlier this week following a Fox News report about his affiliation with the group Redneck Revolt. The Daily Tar Heel published its own piece about Dixon’s leave from the university and a pair of petitions in support of Dixon’s freedom of speech surfaced in addition to the rally.

The conservative-leaning Fox News detailed Dixon’s connections to the self-described anti-racist, pro-worker and pro-community defense group, including linking to a blog post on the organization’s website that has since been deleted. The story was published after a spokesperson for Turning Point USA highlighted pamphlets on Georgetown University’s campus alluding to Charlie Kirk’s assassination and their connections to gun clubs associated with Redneck Revolt — which says on its website the organization disbanded as of 2019. Turning Point USA, a nonprofit founded by Kirk to mobilize and spread conservative values on college campuses, also has Dixon listed on its Professor Watchlist website and highlighted his rhetoric of meeting “danger coming from far-right action” with violence to defend communities under attack.

In a statement by Vice Chancellor of Communications and Marketing Dean Stoyer, UNC said placing Dixon on leave allows the university to investigate these allegations “in a manner that protects the integrity of its assessment” and condemns violence “of any kind within the UNC community.” Citing the Board of Trustees’ policies and regulations for governing academic tenure, Stoyer said potential disciplinary action could be up to and including termination of Dixon’s employment depending on the investigation’s results.

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