Steven Salaita: “I’ve experienced something in my career I never expected,” he said. “First I was fired. Now I’m in the spotlight. It has helped me grow intellectually, it’s helped me appreciate the inherent goodness and decency of most people. The fact that people are rallying together and treating this as a communal matter says a lot.” But he realizes this is all temporary, he said, and he welcomes the day when his life’s norm is restored. “I don’t know how long I can make my career giving talks about my situation with the University of Illinois,” he said. “I’ll be thrilled if or when I get the chance to go back to a quiet existence and back to the classroom and to the everyday life of a professor, rather than the life of a free-speech celebrity.”
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:16:43 +0000
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