Dr. Kamon Kambon spoke at Howard University when he advocated genocide against white people, but he was not a professor there as my post erroneously indicated. Apparently he had been a faculty member at the African Studies Department at North Carolina State, but is no longer on staff there. This information comes from Silas, in comments at CCK. I cannot vouch for its accuracy, but assuming it is accurate, hat tip to Silas.
According to Silas, both NCSU and Howard have issued statements repudiating Dr. Kambon's remarks. I would point out that Howard has nothing to be embarrassed about. NCSU does. My point is even stronger now. If Dr. Kambon were teaching at NCSU, this would surely create a hostile environment for his white students.
I admit that the "hostile environment" concept involves a certain risk. Anyone who does not like the political, religious, or even scientific ideas of one of his colleagues might try to argue that this creates a hostile environment for certain students. The only way to avoid this risk is to insist that the standard be very exacting. Kambon's unambiguous remarks appear to have met such a standard.
UPDATE: Kambon was apparently teaching at NCSU as late as Spring 2005. I note that this is a story carried almost exclusively on the blogosphere. When I googled "Kambon genocide", the fourth hit was my own post of last night. This is what blogging is for.
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