Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Discussions of hate wrap up on political note

Contributing Reporter
Published Wednesday, March 5, 2008

In light of a string of incidents of hate-speech on campus, students, faculty and community members convened last night for the fourth time to hash out the intricacies of hate — this time from a political perspective.

The panel discussion was moderated by Yale College Dean Peter Salovey, who said while the University embraces free speech, anonymous acts — like the racist and homophobic graffiti spray-painted on campus walls in November — cannot be condoned at a place like Yale.

“The acts that we have seen recently are not protected — they are anonymous,” Salovey said. “We...

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