Physics Instructor Belongs To Skinhead Hall of Fame
Posted on February 27th, 2006
The ultimate debate regarding free speech is here: it is one thing for a professor to discuss the white supremacy movement in class, but what if he is actually part of the hatred himself?
This is the question university officials and students must face now, after a physics instructor at the University of Delaware was discovered to be exceptionally active it the white supremacy movement.
From the UD Review:Bob Huber has close ties to skinhead groups in the region.
He operates a hate-based record label in Newark and plays guitar for a hardcore band called Teardown. He is featured in the "Skinhead Hall of Fame" on a popular white supremacist Web site. He sports racist tatoos.
And last month, with the help of the Keystone State Skinheads, he organized UPRISE 2006, a white power hardcore rock show in Southeastern Pennsylvania that drew more than 150 people.
The Wilmington News Journal reported Feb. 12 that Huber, a 32-year-old doctorate candidate at the university, is a prominent figure in the regional white power movement. Officials at the Newark Police Department said Huber has been involved in white supremacist groups in the area since his teens.
"The message is that people who are not white are not to be accepted, that the country is not their country," he said. "The favorites of the skinheads are blacks, asians, Latinos, Jews and gays."
Morrison said most skinheads merely seek political change, but that Huber's lyrics are unguardedly violent.What do you think? Is free speech the ultimate concern, or should colleges draw the line somewhere? Is the choice of professors a reflection of the institution's values? Would you be comfortable taking Huber's class?
(Photo Source: University of Delaware)
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