Brooklyn College Required Reading Proves Controversial

Source: nymag.com Posted By: Betty D...5227 days ago

The Times has taken a look at a controversy brewing over Brooklyn College's choice to assign all incoming students to read How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America (a different book is selected each year as a "common reader" for new students). The book, written by Brooklyn College associate English professor Moustafa Bayoumi, profiles seven Arab-Americans in the wake of 9/11. The paper notes, interestingly, that most of “outcry” over the selection has come from those outside....

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