Posted on 01/19/2006 8:51:08 AM PST by george76
More than 100 students, faculty and community members - about 20 of them protesters - attended controversial academic and activist Ward Churchills lecture in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. last night, both to listen and, for some, to attempt debate.
Churchill, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder,...some questioned his credentials, viewpoints, and claim to Native American heritage.
Advocates any means possible ... Any means can include the use of violence, ...
Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens, in which he referred to victims of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as little Eichmanns...
Santiago, who is secretary for the College Republicans, said liberal speakers consistently have easier access to university funds, while conservative-sponsored events - such as the Ben Stein lecture sponsored by the College Republicans - almost always run into opposition.
Yet any one who espouses left-wing views gets a free pass - gets funding.
Several protesters questioned Churchill during the audience question and answer session about his background, which is frequently the subject of dispute amongst fellow academics and amongst members of the AIM.
One audience member asked Churchill if he was indeed a Native American.
Churchill refused to answer and said he felt the question was insulting.
AIM Executive Committee Member Vernon Bellecourt said he thought allowing Churchill to speak on Native American affairs was ridiculous as he is an academic fraud and misrepresents Native Americans.
Bellecourt also said AIM is in the process of filing a lawsuit against Churchill...
Because Churchills organization employs the use of American Indian Movement in its title, it is in violation of intellectual property rights, Bellecourt said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ucsbdailynexus.com ...
New Ward Churchill Art Discovered ...Fake but Accurate
It really says more about the liberal, bias university systems that the professors allow and support a fraud.
His employment forms that he signed said he was an indian, his elevation to a full tenured professor was based upon university quotas to advance native americans without a Phd degree.
He never got a Phd.
Then his "scholarship" has been challanged repeatedly as fake and/or copied from others works.
Amazing that this is acceptable at any Univerisity.
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