Sunday, January 16, 2011

Prof Ullman 1-16-11

16, January 2011                   Prof Ullman

Stanford Professor Ullman needs to be held fully accountable for his inflammatory and racist comments he made to Iranian students seeking admission to Stanford University. To hold all Iranian students responsible for the utter folly of their government is patently absurd. Do we hold all Americans responsible for the policies of our government? Has Ullman forgotten the enormous courage of Iranian students who risked their lives to protest the brutal repression of their government and its opposition to democracy? Surely these students need our vigorous support so that they can enjoy our democratic system and help bring about desirable social reform in Iran. To broad brush members of the National American Iranian Council (NIAC) as ‘enemies of Israel’ boycotting Israeli products’ is irresponsible and borders on the delusional. Stanford President Hennessy’s defense of Ullman was tepid and inadequate. One can only imagine the outrage if a faculty member made anti-Semitic comments!
Professor Ullman should be fired. 

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