Friday, May 2, 2008

Found guilty of racial harassment for reading a book?

Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have revoked their finding that a student-employee was guilty of racial harassment merely for publicly reading the book Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan. Following pressure from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), IUPUI has declared that Keith John Sampson's record is clear and said it will reexamine its affirmative action procedures relating to internal complaints.

"Just when you'd thought you'd seen every crazy act of censorship a college administrator can dream up, along comes a case where a student is found guilty of racial harassment simply for reading a book," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. "Thankfully, with time and public outrage, IUPUI's administration recognized Keith John Sampson had done nothing wrong and acknowledged that the First Amendment protects not only what you say, but also what you read."

Shades 0f 1984, George Orwell just rolled over in his grave and said,"told you so".

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