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Chris Smith: the shameful complicity and the cowardice of many in our academic community, some of the biggest and most prestigious…

On the recordApril 25, 2018
the shameful complicity and the cowardice of many in our academic community, some of the biggest and most prestigious universities, not just in this country, but around the world, is not new.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes the academic community's silence on human rights abuses.

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