LA Times Today: Citing safety concerns, USC cancels pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s graduation speech
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The leaders of Columbia University yesterday grilled on Capitol Hill over whether the school has been effectively dealing with anti-Semitic speech and behavior on its campus since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
And earlier, the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania had to step down because their responses to the committee led to a P.R. disaster.
Now, another public relations nightmare here at USC, after the university rescinded an invitation to the class valedictorian to speak at graduation based on assumptions about her beliefs as an Indian-Muslim woman.
L.A. Times foreign correspondent Jaweed Kaleem joined Lisa McRee with more.
And earlier, the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania had to step down because their responses to the committee led to a P.R. disaster.
Now, another public relations nightmare here at USC, after the university rescinded an invitation to the class valedictorian to speak at graduation based on assumptions about her beliefs as an Indian-Muslim woman.
L.A. Times foreign correspondent Jaweed Kaleem joined Lisa McRee with more.