Word: jeffriesism
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And, yes, I am also one of many Blacks who was sincerely concerned by printed quotes of racism Jeffries allegedly made, and the threat of a Crimson reporter's life, who I had met a couple of years back.
In reading the heavily biased criticisms of Jeffries' speech at Harvard, I was very saddened. Harvard, the administration and students have always boasted, is a place of free speech and a forum for the exchange of intellectual ideas (agreeable or disagreeable).
Yet he refused to do so. For he believed it was critical that professors in the classroom should be absolutely free to "teach the truth as they see it." With all of these boasts and claims to fame in mind, this is why I was saddened by the criticisms of...
Jeffries' speech was not only entertaining but also informative. Why doesn't anyone speak of the issues his speech raised, instead of continuing to harp on the alleged quotes and the magnitude of the unified protests? Why doesn't anyone attempt to answer his challenge and produce scholarly research that...
It seems quite obvious that some of those in attendance at the Jeffries speech may have missed some critical points he made, especially those who left 15 minutes into the speech, once they realized he wasn't going to say anything inflammatory. It seemed almost as if they were annoyed...