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In the days preceding Jeffries' appearance, students sparred over the decision to invite him to the school in a series of articles and editorials in The Collegian.
Steve Sparling, who chairs Amherst Hillel's Black-Jewish Relations committee, told the Collegian that Jewish students are offended by Jeffries's "anti-Semitic" remarks, and view Jeffries as "an intimidating force."
But Douglas Greer, president of Phi Beta Sigma, wrote in an editorial that Jewish students' perceptions of Jeffries are unwarranted. Their knowledge, he wrote, comes from the "most racist newspapers in the world."
In an interview with The Crimson, Greer said Phi Beta Sigma members knew that Jeffries's appearance was likely to anger other campus groups.
Greer said the fraternity invited Jeffries to speak because of his expertise in African history, parts of which have been "suppressed."