Tufts offical says racial parody was harassing, hostile, and an exercise of free speech

Tufts offical says racial parody was harassing, hostile, and an exercise of free speech

by Paula Wasley

August 27, 2007

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A conservative magazine at Tufts University that was found to have harassed black students has successfully appealed a university ruling that would have required it to publish author bylines on all of its articles, the Associated Press reported.
 
The byline requirement was imposed in May by a university judicial committee after the student-run magazine, The Primary Source, printed an anonymous parody of a Christmas carol called “O Come All Ye Black Folk” that many deemed racist but that defenders said was a legitimate satire on the university’s affirmative-action policies.
 
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