Who Saw This Coming? Latina Professor Booed At Arizona Graduation For Criticizing Arizona
17 May 2010, 5:58 PM. By Cindy Casares
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University of Arizona Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Sandra Soto used the Social and Behavioral Sciences commencement to talk about Latinos being marginalized by recent legislation in her state and was promptly booed. We can’t say we are surprised she was booed, only that they let her speak at the podium and even defended her to the cretins that are the U of A graduates and their families.

Watch Sandra Soto Get Booed At Graduation For Criticizing Arizona SB 1070 And HB 2281.


Detractors in the audience complained via Twitter about Soto hijacking the event for political purposes, but isn’t an institution of learning the perfect place to be challenged? Not to mention a graduation in the school of Social & Behavioral Sciences!!! (Underline!) But as one commenter on YouTube who purports to be an ASU Sun Devil said:

Only a pure asshole would turn a graduation speech into a political soap box grandstanding event! This is why we (ASU Sun Devils) eat Wildcat for diner! BBQ the Fat ass because like I said before… Only a pure asshole would turn a graduation speech into a political speech!

Arizona: These are the educated ones, America.

UA prof gets booed for politics in grad speech [Arizona Star]

http://guanabee.com/2010/05/sandra-soto ... raduation/

VIDEO AT THE LINK