"The students called upon Brown University President Christina Paxson to publicly commit to proposing and supporting a divestment resolution at the next Brown Corporation meeting..."
‘Brown’s endowment is not a political instrument,’ says Brown President Christina Paxton, the ever-reliable supporter of the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank (MICIMATT) complex.
Bishop Tutu would have disagreed: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." Also Albert Camus would have had his share of trouble: "In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." Carmen de Monteflores would have trouble too: "Oppression can only survive through silence." And then there is Elie Wiesel: "I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
‘Brown’s endowment is not a political instrument,’ says Brown President Christina Paxton, the ever-reliable supporter of the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank (MICIMATT) complex.
Bishop Tutu would have disagreed: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." Also Albert Camus would have had his share of trouble: "In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." Carmen de Monteflores would have trouble too: "Oppression can only survive through silence." And then there is Elie Wiesel: "I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Food for thought, President Paxton?
Thank you for this report, Steve.
I am so thankful you are out there Steve. This is so important and these students are ones of great courage.
I’m with these students, totally.❤️