A Cuban-American author canceled her speaking event on diversity at a Georgia university after students were filmed burning her book

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At Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Cuban-American author Jennine Capo Crucet gave a speech about diversity and lily-white liberty. One student would like to know whether “shes had” “the authority to address issues of race and white privilege on campus, ” which spurred an annoyed exchange amongst students in the auditorium. Crucet later have known that students were filming themselves burning her journal on campus. The writer decided to cancel her second speaking date at the university. Visit Insider’s homepage for more narrations.

Jennine Capo Crucet, a Cuban-American author, canceled her second speaking contest at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro after her first talk was interrupted by an enraged exchange among students. The columnist later learned that students were burning her volume on campus.

Crucet was on campus Wednesday to talk about diversification and to read from her notebook “Make Your Home Among Strangers, ” which was assigned as obligatory reading for all newcomers students. The journal follows a Cuban-American student as she acclimates to an society college environment. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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