Free Speech Answer

01/30/2023

B. A student at a university in New Orleans recently wrote an opinion piece stating that Ye (Kanye West) “did nothing wrong” in his recent comments about Jews. In her article she noted that “For the most part, Jewish people run Hollywood. That’s a fact.” As a result of her piece the student says she received death threats and calls for her expulsion from the university, leading her to decide to leave the campus and the state of Louisiana for at least a couple of weeks.

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D. The principal of a high school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania ordered the school librarian to remove a poster from the library wall which contained a quote by Elie Wiesel, reading “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” The principal said that the message was a violation of the school’s “neutrality” policy, banning signs which could advocate “any partisan, political, or social policy issue.”

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