Word: plo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disingenuous of Muhammad Kenyatta and BLSA to label the PLO representative's talk "a private teach-in on the Palestinian issue." For, as I and Prof. Patterson argued in our letter, at Harvard or any other university the norms of fairness and free speech mandate that a "teach-in" be an inclusive event, not an exclusive...
...these analogies to the BLSA's phony characterization of the PLO representative's talk as "a private teach-in" are probably not necessary, because the BLSA claims in its letter that "they (Harvard Jewish Law School Association members) were invited to observe the teach-in." It seems Muhammad Kenyatta and BLSA want to-have-their-cake-and-eat-it with a vengeance...
First, in recounting the chain of events at this year's PLO visit, the BLSA letter claims that Prof. Alan Dershowitz "attempted to disrupt the event by raising a procedural question." True, Prof. Dershowitz wished to ask a question pertaining to moderator Mohammed Kenyatta's five minute explanation of "house rules." Dershowitz raised his hand and waited until Kenyatta looked over to him. When Kenyatta had finished his sentence, Dershowitz inquired, "May I ask a procedural question?" Kenyatta responded flatly, "NO," and continued his address. Dershowitz left quietly without saying another word...
...read with great discomfort the BLSA letter on the PLO "teach-in", submitted to the Crimson on April 28. As two students who viewed the entire "teach-in", we would like to clarify some inaccuracies...
...speak at Harvard? And how would it feel if in the third consecutive year of the KKK visit, Black students were invited only to observe and not to participate in a KKK "teach-in"? The point here is not to draw an exact analogy between the KKK and the PLO, but to underscore the importance of fairness and freedom of speech in the context of a controversial and emotionally-charged issue...