In April 2009, organisers invited three radical Islamist preachers to address the [City University London’s Islamic] society’s annual dinner, with the “brothers” and “sisters” segregated, and the latter forbidden to ask questions.
Put aside the radical preachers; can you imagine any American university sponsoring a student group that segregates women students and makes them shut up?
March 18th, 2010 at 8:13AM
I’m commenting from the road and so lack full data. This is indeed reprehensible, but it bears a family resemblance to some consciousness-raising exercises I have heard about at American campuses, though with thecategories reversed–perceived dominant groups silenced for purposes of the exercise.
March 18th, 2010 at 7:17PM
“Can you imagine any American university sponsoring a student group that segregates (another group of) students and makes them shut up?”
Yes.
March 3rd, 2013 at 3:19PM
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