[Peace-discuss] Unreported incident yesterday

[Morton K. Brussel]

Part of the "anti Islamo-facism campaign"?

There is a public  lecture tonight by Hoodboy at 7:30 in the Spurlock  
Museum Auditorium.

--mkb

On Nov 1, 2007, at 12:35 PM, David Green wrote:

> The Pakistani physicist and political commentator Pervez Hoodbhoy  
> addressed Freshman U of I students in the Global Studies program,  
> mostly or all James Scholars (from what I understand), yesterday  
> (Wednesday) at Foellinger Auditorium. I'm not sure why this was not  
> publicized--this is the same forum at which Kathy Kelly spoke. A  
> bio from the Alternative Radio website and a link to an article is  
> below.
> In any event, I've been told by an eyewitness that he was treated  
> in a grossly disrespectful fashion--both ignored and disrupted by  
> students coming onto the stage in Halloween costumes. In any event,  
> apparently his message to students--that the U.S. should no longer  
> act as global policeman, or worse--was of no interest to the vast  
> majority of those present.
> This is disturbing and appalling. I have no idea whether there will  
> be any repercussions, but this is just as bad if not worse than  
> "blackface" and the Chief float. Among other things, it's just  
> blatant racism for predominately white students of Judeo-Christian  
> backgrounds to treat a Muslim Pakistani in this way. But equally  
> bad, these privileged students have little or no political interest  
> or curiosity. Our campus has become a cesspool of corporate and  
> military liaisons, academic complicity, and cynical, bored  
> students. This situation is happily facilitated by Richard Herman  
> and the rest of the administration with all of their prattle about  
> "diversity."
> David Green
> ___________________________
> Pervez Hoodbhoy is professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University  
> in Islamabad. He writes and lectures on South Asian issues. He  
> appears on the BBC, NPR and Nightline. He is a frequent visitor to  
> the US where he also gives talks as he did on this occasion at the  
> prestigious Chautauqua lecture series in Upstate New York.
> http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=13899&sectionID=1
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