Political Correctness vs. Freedom of Thought - The Keith John Sampson Story

One of FIRE's most shocking cases in 2008 was that of Keith John Sampson, a student-employee at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) who was found guilty of racial harassment for merely reading the book Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan during his work breaks. Thanks to FIRE's involvement and the extensive media coverage of the case, the finding against Sampson was eventually overturned and his school record was cleared, but the story behind this incident is still disturbing months later. Filmmaker Andrew Marcus has produced a short documentary on Sampson's case in the hopes of restoring his reputation and bringing to light the incidents of censorship that are all too common on college campuses today.

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[AlienBeliever897]

"Political Correctness" is turning Americans into a bunch of hyper-sensitive pussies! I'm sick and tired of this shit! People need to stop being so damn sensitive and the fucking "PC police" shouldn't have the right to dictate what we can and cannot say. That is a violation of the first ammendment, but hey, I guess that doesn't matter anymore does it?

ALWAYS stand up for what you believe in! NEVER just sit back and watch while our personal liberties are constantly being taken away from us!

[JOEYnoJUSTU22]

*Sigh* I'm Jewish, and if I saw someone reading up about the Holocaust, I would be THANKFUL that someone was actually bothering to take the time to read up on horrible occurrences in History. Even if the person were reading Mein Kampf, if he or she were doing so for the purpose of analyzing Hitler or something (and not because this person is a neo-Nazi) then it is perfectly acceptable. People need to get a clue. This KKK issue is no different.

[yeah1104]

I love the plug at the end for becoming a student

[BluntVeritas]

So they believe that whatever you read a book about you then become? So he reads a book about the Klan, he's a Klansman - so by extension of that "logic" if I read a book about goldfish I must be ... a goldfish? Will this offend passing trout? I'm confused now - I've read about Stalin, Hitler and the Dali lama this month, now I don't know if I'm supposed to be a communist, a fascist or a buddist!! Are you SURE this is a real University? Really? I mean, even toddlers are not THAT stupid!

[DaSticksanStonesClub]

I'm pretty sure that if it were black person reading about the black panthers, nobody would care one bit :)

[wulfsragar]

its sooo political correct, that it has become fascist, i can see the irony in that XD

[baz20881]

What next, the very act of saying good morning to a person of a differant colour, who you have not met before ,will be deemed racial harrassement If you can think on these lines,well these PC cock suckers (oops sorry,opersite gender phalic member kissing practitioners) will most certaintly have thought about it as well. Good PC bullshit term for a cock sucker,don't you think, and i made that up on the spur of the moment,scary!

[xxbobdeexx]

Affrimative action must end now ! Begining with the POTUS and then to the DOJ.

[reincarnatedwolfgod]

this case is fucked up and pc can go fuck off as well

this is just sickening

[russ9356]

political correctness is there to kill free speech

[Whiteberry77]

Political correctness is a cancer that's destroying America.