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...take Buell and his colleagues at their word. What should we expect next? A distinguished lecture series in which racism, misogyny, and anti-gay discrimination are wrapped in eloquent, perhaps even persuasive, rhetoric? Are these also merely other “points of view” that could be defended in the name of “diversity” and tolerance? Surely not: speakers espousing such positions would never have been invited in the first place. Are some forms of hate speech more protected than others? Having suspended an unwise invitation, the English department inadvertently made Paulin?...
...most powerful opposition force in Egyptian politics - which supports the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves in public schools, something France won't allow. Europe has a long way to go before Islam is just another faith. But a young generation of Muslims is speaking out - against racism, Islamophobia and Islam's own rigidities. Here are four of this generation's most compelling voices. THE ACTIVIST Dyab Abou Jahjah, 31, Belgium The Belgian government picked a fight with the wrong man. Lebanese-born political activist Dyab Abou Jahjah is charismatic, good-looking, articulate and brash - and he may have...
...conventional view attributes this trend to racism. A fairly typical op-ed in The Crimson by Toussaint G. Losier in the wake of last spring’s French elections blamed “European xenophobia and racist intolerance” for right-wing political successes. Europeans are indeed more racist than Americans are. A 1997 Eurobarometer poll found that a third of the citizens in EU countries described themselves as “very racist” or “quite racist.” But racism does not explain why the extreme rightist groups most associated with...
...solution favored by the liberal European elite has again proven just how out of touch it is with the majority of the people. Rather than restrict immigration to levels their economies can absorb and promote linguistic and cultural integration, the European Union wants to deal with racism by criminalizing “hate speech.” On Nov. 7 the Council of Europe adopted a measure that bans “acts of a racist and xenophobic nature” committed online. While not promoting speech codes, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance issues rhetorical condemnations of xenophobia...
...There is a lot of racism on the Harvard campus and it’s pretty serious, but it’s not anti-Semitism,” Chomsky said...