Liberal “Tolerance”: Limited And Reserved For Only Those That Agree
S.F. Chronicle reports: “Writer Richard Rodriguez, invited to speak at the California State University East Bay commencement in Hayward on Saturday, has decided to withdraw from the program after some graduating students threatened to boycott the event.”
“Rodriguez, author of the acclaimed memoir “Hunger of Memory,” drew criticism from some students for his views against bilingual education and affirmative action.
“I’m a bilingual educator,” said student Leah Perez, 32, who is graduating with a master’s degree in urban teacher leadership and protested Rodriguez’s presence at the graduation. “He believes in assimilation and rejection of one’s cultural identity, and we don’t feel that is what we stand for in our program, and we don’t want him representing us.”
Italians, Irish, Germans and English all assimilated during the founding and pioneering of this great nation and, today, they still remain proud of their individual heritages. It’s a personal matter. Yet, in the United States, one’s “cultural identity” should be “American.” One nation, indivisible.
“Campus spokesman Kim Huggett said Rodriguez was slated to receive an honorary doctorate degree and then speak briefly. But those plans were scuttled by Rodriguez after campus President Norma Rees received several e- mails in the past week threatening a protest boycott. It was unclear Wednesday how many students had threatened to boycott the ceremony.”
What about colleges being bastions of “free speech”? Only selectively, or so it appears. (Hattip: Dan Weintraub)
Maybe they can get Ward Churchill, instead.
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