Word: racism
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Chomsky read Dershowitz’s quotes about the conflict, replacing the word “Palestinians” with “Jews” to demonstrate that racism toward Palestinians is acceptable, while anti-Semitism...
Furthermore, it seems Paulin’s views were remarkably misconstrued, yet the Staff refuses to accept it was overly quick to judge him. In April, Paulin apologized for his inflammatory comments, insisted they were taken out of context and reaffirmed that he has consistently fought racism in all forms in all places. But his political views on Israel, perhaps offensive to many, were never a fair justification for uninviting Paulin in the first place. His lecture concerns an entirely unrelated body of work as a poet. The Staff’s assertion that this particular lecture amounts...
...suggest that such a hateful person should be allowed to speak here as an invited guest of the University? Would you really think that withdrawing the privilege (not right) of speaking here with the imprimatur of the University infringes on free speech rights? Would you not see the ugly racism in his callous disregard for the lives of an entire class of African-Americans, whatever their alleged misdeeds? I, for one, am certain that you would protest the invitation to such a person, and correctly...
...Racism and sexism still exist in America in a big way, but I’ve always chosen to see it as the racists’ or the sexists’ problem,” Lancaster said. “They have to be moved aside, stepped over...
...words in retort would never truly solve the problem at hand. What would have happened, as has happened many times in the past with newspapers across the nation, is that there would have been a “dialogue” and the same instances of blatant and subtle racism would continue. The students instead sought to take action through the boycott, hoping that this action would force the paper not only to recognize its mistakes but also to actually implement true reforms. The crux of their recommendations is that the paper work towards the “creation...