Guest Column by Dean of Penn Law School Ted Ruger | On Charlottesville, free speech and diversity
(08/14/17 2:06pm)
As a community and as individuals we are shocked and saddened by the deadly, violent events in Charlottesville yesterday, and we grieve for the victims and their families. I fully agree with Penn President Amy Gutmann’s statement today that said, "The racism, anti-Semitism, and other bigotry expressed by the neo-Nazi, KKK and other white supremacist groups that demonstrated in Charlottesville is deeply abhorrent and calls for universal condemnation. The hatred espoused is inimical to any decent society and anathema to the most fundamental ideals of our University."