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The New THOMA$ REPORT on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:43:31 PM
It's pretty bad when a person can get in trouble in America for reading
a book. "Last November, Keith Sampson, a college student, was found guilty
of “racial harassment.” He’d been caught reading a book while on break from a
part-time job with the school. Uh-oh. The book is titled Notre Dame vs. the Klan:
How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan. It recounts a conflict
between Irish Catholics and the Klan back in the 1920s. The book is clearly
anti-Klan." But so what? Even if it were pro-Klan, what law was broken by
his reading it on his own time? The "Affirmative Action Officer" said
his reading of it is "racial harassment" without even talking to him
or reading the book (Methinks this "affirmative Action Officer" has
way too much time on his hands and is just LOOKING for "harassment."
How can this be? Maybe if he paraded the book in front of a Klansman. But how
does reading ANY book become "harassment" of ANYBODY? We're getting
way stupid in our "political correctness" in this country. Pretty
soon, they'll try and call this blog "political harassment." And
they'd be right. But so far, there is no law against "political
harassment," and they'd have to get rid of the First Amendment before such
a law could even be made. Why is there even such a THING as an
"Affirmative Action Officer?" I'd just "flip him the
finger" and turn the page. Fortunately, the university (IUPUI,
Indianapolis) finally came to its senses and reversed this "ruling."
I think they ought to fire this "Affirmative Action Officer" and
abolish his job. (Paul Jacob/Common Sense)