Vanderbilt law professor Carol Swain, well–known to College Fix readers, has provoked the ire of Vanderbilt students enough to draw her own protest.
As a result of Swain’s op-ed in the Tennessean titled “Charlie Hebdo attacks proved critics were right about Islam,” a Muslim student has planned a protest for Saturday afternoon, the Vanderbilt Hustler reports:
“How could such an educated, informed woman, a professor at Vanderbilt in charge of educating our youth, publish such ignorance?” [Farishtay] Yamin said. “It’s hard for me to describe how much pain I felt reading an article written by a Vanderbilt professor who, before meeting me, considers me to be a threat to Western society.” …
In response to Swain’s editorial, Yamin set up a an event on Facebook for a “Campus-Wide Protest Against Hate Speech Published in the Tennessean.” The protest is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17 at 1 p.m. on Library Lawn. It will consist of chants and a short speech. Students will gather at 12:30 p.m. at the Anchor to make signs. Students are encouraged to bring supplies.
Swain wrote on her Facebook page Friday that “there are some hysterical Vandy students on campus this morning.” She said a Muslim Student Association rep wants a meeting “to discuss my disgusting op-ed. I am suggesting a campus-wide debate.”
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