Comments on: Student: Where Would We Be Without Columbus? http://idiversity.org/student-where-would-we-be-without-columbus Ideas Without Labels Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:33:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew E. Kurtzman http://idiversity.org/student-where-would-we-be-without-columbus/comment-page-1#comment-87 Andrew E. Kurtzman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:46:47 +0000 http://idiversity.org/?p=149#comment-87 While an otherwise very fine argument, Mr DellaGrotta is, I believe, entirely out of line to argue that the size of the population in question should affect whether the University acts upon its arguments (politically correct or not): "Brown faculty last year decided to side with American Indians, less than one percent of Brown’s student body, and change the name of Columbus Day Weekend to Fall Weekend ... ." As president of the Brown University Republicans, Mr DellaGrotta, of all people, should know better than to dismiss a group's argument because of its modest size. While an otherwise very fine argument, Mr DellaGrotta is, I believe, entirely out of line to argue that the size of the population in question should affect whether the University acts upon its arguments (politically correct or not):

“Brown faculty last year decided to side with American Indians, less than one percent of Brown’s student body, and change the name of Columbus Day Weekend to Fall Weekend … .”

As president of the Brown University Republicans, Mr DellaGrotta, of all people, should know better than to dismiss a group’s argument because of its modest size.

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