Rickford’s chant was followed by a scattered applause and a palpable unease among some in the crowd. Rickford said his rhetorical strategy in leading the crowd in the chant “Free Palestine” was precisely aligned with the aim of the protest. “The colonial occupation of Palestine remains one of the world’s most visible campaigns of white supremacist violence,” Rickford said. Rickford said his chant connected expressions of white supremacy on campus and in the United States to systemic colonial violence abroad. Comparisons of his chant with anti-Semitism, Rickford said, is effectively a insulation of ongoing colonial powers.

Source: Daily Sun October 05, 2017 05:15 UTC