BU students are told to ‘speak out against Islamophobia’
By Travis Andersen
GLOBE STAFF
DECEMBER 08, 2015
Three prominent academics on Monday urged students at Boston University to combat anti-Islam bigotry, hours after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump grabbed headlines with a controversial plan to bar all Muslims from entering the United States.
“Speak out against discrimination, speak out against Islamophobia,” said Pamela Lightsey, an associate dean and clinical assistant professor in the BU School of Theology, during the forum on Monday night.
She told more than 100 students who attended the event at the George Sherman Union that much of the anti-Islam rhetoric coming out of the presidential campaign is reminiscent of the anti-black bigotry that prevailed in American politics after desegregation. Read more…….