Just sat through the streaming video of Ward Churchill's speech at the
U. of Colo. I have mixed feelings about this person. He has a point
about American policy and about Native Americans, but his manner of
delivery--the hysteria and the lack of reasoning behind his words, as
well as his open advocacy of violence--doesn't belong in a classroom.
He'll do well on the speaker's circuit, plus the buy-out that's
coming up from the U. of Colorado will keep him going. It's obvious to
me that he's another wannabe who grew up watching Billy Jack movies.
(I have more Cherokee blood in my right fist than he does in his whole
body.) A paper of his is up for view at his official University
web-page and it's not very impressive. On top of that more information
keep coming out on his plagiarisms and other more sinsiter practices.
Too bad that the Red Power movement has embraced this one. Jesse
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