[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 53 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 5, 1994]
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       STOP DEMONIZING AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

  (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about another kind of 
assault, that is, the assault against Howard University, and by 
implication, many other historically black colleges and universities.
  Even the Anti-Defamation League has stated that of the 122 anti-
Semitic incidents that have been recorded, only 3 of them were on the 
campuses of black universities. In 81 colleges last year there were 
reports made including Yale and Harvard and Columbia, Brigham Young 
universities. None of them were from African-American colleges.
  I think it is time for us to stop applying a double standard, a 
standard against Howard University and against African-American 
universities which is not appropriate.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my hope that we will be fair to Howard and 
understand that students on all campuses voice their opinions and have 
their meetings.
  Even at Howard, when the meeting was held, only 100 students from 
Howard were present among 2,000 people.
  Let us stop demonizing Howard. Let us stop demonizing African-
American colleges.

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