
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.