An official wrote in an email the incident was within the students' First Amendment rights. But, he said, 'book burning does not align with Georgia Southern’s values nor does it encourage the civil discourse and debate of ideas.'
Chris QuintanaA Latina author challenged students at Georgia Southern University to think about their whiteness. Some of them refused, and burned copies of her book instead.Jennine Capó Crucet, an author and professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was at the university to give a talk for a reading series for first-year students. Her book,, is about a Hispanic girl from a poor family who has been accepted into a selective college in New York.
Some students apparently walked out of the talk and congregated nearby. It’s unclear how or when, but they started burning the author’s books,The George-Anne also posted pictures of students criticizing Capó Crucet for making comments critical of “white people.” Many students said they disagreed with the actions of those burning the books.
Book burning has long been considered one of the most aggressive forms of anti-intellectualism, a reputation earned in part by similar activities that took place nearly a century ago In recent years, protesters on college campuses have shut down conservative speakers in high-profile incidents that added fuel to those concerns. Among the most prominent was a speech at the University of California at Berkeley by Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right provocateur. In that case, protesters broke windows, a fire was set, and police broke up the gathering.
Conservative students may turn to outlets like Campus Reform or the College Fix, two media outlets critical of left, to leak stories about their professors or administrators to express their disapproval, Sachs said. But this incident is more direct.
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