![]() ![]() ![]() In the days leading up to the event, students, faculty, staff, and parents of students weighed in on Shapiro’s appearance at BU. His appearance was hosted by the Boston University chapter of the conservative youth activism organization Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) and presented by the Young America’s Foundation Fred Allen Lecture Series. And he said that America is “one of the least racist multiracial countries today,” citing Barack Obama’s two terms as president. ![]() “Freedom is what makes America unique, not slavery,” said Shapiro, editor-in-chief of the far-right Daily Wire news website, a former Breitbart editor, and host of The Ben Shapiro Show podcast. ![]() But by the end of his speech he derided the idea that “every single problem in America today is based on slavery,” asking, “Are teens in Chicago today killing each other at rapid rates because of slavery?” Perhaps surprising some in the audience, Shapiro spent much of his talk outlining the history of American opposition to what he acknowledged as the horrors of slavery and the evils of Jim Crow. Conservative firebrand Ben Shapiro lectured an audience of 1,500 on the legacy of slavery and parried hecklers from the left and the right in an appearance on the Boston University campus Wednesday night that was arranged by a conservative BU student group and protested by some 200 students who marched in silent solidarity up Commonwealth Avenue. ![]()
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