Sandra Akkad described speaker Milo Yiannopoulos as, “not worthy of the platform he was given.”
Sandra Akkad is an educator from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is third generation Palestinian American.
Sandra Akkad / Via Twitter
Last week, Akkad attended a talk by Milo Yiannopoulos – a controversial Breitbart editor and right wing internet personality – at the University of New Mexico.
"Unfortunately, from the moment he opened his mouth, I knew where he was headed. Using a powerpoint presentation and in a very sarcastic heckler style, his white supremacist, racist, and xenophobic comments came out loud and clear," she said. "Comments about issues such as immigration, border, the wall, the denigration of Islam and its association with terrorism, and the oppression and maligning of Muslim women, specifically Muslim women who wear hijab."
But when Yiannopoulos spoke of “oppressed Muslim women” Akkad says she felt it was her responsibility to challenge him. She was eventually captured on camera being escorted from the building for challenging the speaker.
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