Jason Riley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a Wall Street Journal columnist, was slated to speak at a lecture series hosted by the university’s business school, the BB&T Distinguished Lecture. But Virginia Tech higher-ups worried his controversial opinions would cause a scene.
“Mr. Riley, who is black, has attracted some negative attention since his publication in 2014 of Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed,” wrote National Association of Scholars President Peter Wood in the pages of National Review, which broke the story.
According to a memo obtained by Mr. Wood, the head of the Virginia Tech Finance Department, Professor Vijay Singal, vetoed the speaking arrangement. He worried the campus was still recovering from the last BB&T Distinguished Lecture, which was delivered by Charles Murray on March 25.
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See libtards lie . There is no diversity! open arms to all,or free speech in their tiny little pea brains. The true bigots are progressive liberal democrats. Libtards Enemies of the constitution
He and his comments would not cause a scene. That would be left to the audience to do. What his comments would do is make people think, which is not something that many like to do.
And this is supposed to be higher education. Why does VA Tech let the students here all diversity and make up their own minds. Once again education censoring something they have no business sticking their noses in. People especially students should be exposed to all types of ideas not just the prescribed liberal meme. Sounds like something SU would do.
Another libtard university.
What you're saying is that you can't control your student population. Maybe you should work on that in a way that doesn't neglect education.
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