Arizona Graduation Speech Criticizing Immigration Laws Elicits Boos, Jeers

ProgressiveProfessor

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Sat May-29-10 03:15 PM
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Arizona Graduation Speech Criticizing Immigration Laws Elicits Boos, Jeers

University of Arizona associate professor Sandra Soto has come under intense criticism for talking about Arizona immigration laws in her graduation speech last week.

In her address to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (video and full text below), she called up on the class of 2010 to use their critical thinking skills to solve the state's problems and openly voiced her disapproval for Arizona's newly passed immigration laws. Her reasoning, she said, was in part because her field of scholarship, Chicano studies, was "under attack in legislation."

The audience reaction was split -- along with jeers came applause -- but many in the blogosphere were roiled that Soto politicized her speech. As one commenter wrote on a KVOA article about the incident: "Using a commencement address to espouse your political point of view to a captive audience is just plain rude."

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More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/24/arizona-graduation-speech_n_586946.html

Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSppVDbEZkg&feature=channel

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Drunken Irishman

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Sat May-29-10 03:18 PM
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1. What a shitty headline...

Arizona Graduation Speech Criticizing Immigration Laws Elicits Boos, Jeers

Then...

The audience reaction was split -- along with jeers came applause

So the headline should read:

Arizona Graduation Speech Criticizing Immigration Laws Elicits Boos, Cheers

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Bobbieo

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Sat May-29-10 03:29 PM
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2. DI's headline more balanced!

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Sat May-29-10 03:48 PM
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3. No argument...I post them as they are and rarely add comments

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Drunken Irishman

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Sat May-29-10 03:55 PM
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5. I know...it wasn't your fault. Huffington Post is notorious for this kind of shit.

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EFerrari

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Sat May-29-10 03:51 PM
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4. Standing up for the 1st amendment and for academic freedom is not politicizing anything

Edited on Sat May-29-10 03:51 PM by EFerrari

but it makes sense that idiots with no brain would say it is.

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