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Free Speech vs. Racism

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    FBN’s John Stossel on the firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley over her criticism of Black Studies dissertations.

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Now this is arguably one of the most important rights that Americans have and that is of course the freedom of speech.

Recent -- stores in the news suggests that we can't sweetly speak our minds case in point frequent Bonnie and company guest Naomi Schaefer Riley.

She was fired from her job at the publishing a story on African American studies.

It's the topic of Johns fossils show tonight and he joins us right now John welcome back.

Thank you -- I'm surprised that you want barbecues -- seven syllable word considerable one syllable -- which was the what's wrong with black studies what's with African American studies okay because Jesse Jackson years ago said -- I prefer that phrase African American -- we in the media we're all using the -- studies accuses good law a big political career at the well I -- it shocked me.

That's good law.

Given the story on The Daily Show for Riley and this decline of free speech she was making fun of some of the disciplines as she has she's written lots of books about academia on who they write stuff nobody reads.

But when she takes on black studies dissertation.

Mocks them.

6000 people.

If this obscure journal and their their blog command which he be fired and she got fire.

And we'll -- she said about black studies and Blackstone programs in -- -- -- -- is what exactly she said you say she she -- them make fun of them what she called -- a collective.

A collection of left wing victimization clap trap.

So we're relevant no one will ever look at the -- could think that's true most dissertation.

But is not -- -- be grounds for firing someone no matter who that criticizing that's free open honest speech does a point of view.

I agree one wore black study seems to rest on the premise that nothing has changed in this country I don't tell them about the black president.

So they -- -- racist.

And they fire so tonight in my show were gonna ask her.

Closest relative she's a racist because that's her husband -- -- to be black because it -- as sort of make little extra dimension to -- -- -- extrapolate out from the -- in the Schaefer -- case and extrapolate out to the broader implications on how we indeed -- -- free speech may -- in the -- place in the states.

Well I don't even think we have I think it's good we publicize these issues I think.

We have more free speech -- -- we have programs like this were people who worked -- being allowed to speak at the speak and we should be careful.

Free speech is about.

Being free from government censorship and that's important is the only of one government.

We have lots of media companies should make -- hired someplace else that it MSNBC -- the fire Pat Buchanan that are fox wants to fire me.

That's okay look I can be politically correct when it to us who think and at data has been hit can be totally wrong about -- FaceBook say that's free speech about personal opinion Sandra has yet to be wrong throughout her entire history on this show.

John when you show what's on tonight at 9 o'clock -- excellent stuff -- we'll be watching -- that morning thank you very much.

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