White Nationalist Jared Taylor Says Postponed Salisbury Talk Will Still Happen Despite Backlash

A Jared Taylor speaking engagement scheduled March 9 at Salisbury University has not been rescheduled after the school postponed the event last week, citing safety concerns after hundreds raised objections on social media.

Salisbury University, the Maryland GOP and civil rights leaders all condemned Taylor as an extremist, while the event organizer said hosting the speaker was a matter of free speech.

Taylor had a simple message for those who said they felt threatened by his views: “Grow up.”

“They should never ‘feel threatened’ by ideas,” Taylor told The Baltimore Sun. “They are not 3-year-olds who have just been told there is no tooth fairy. Or maybe they are.”

Organized by the Maryland Federation of College Republicans, the event had been titled “Can the American Race Problem Be Solved?” A flyer advertising the event described Taylor as “The Godfather of the Alt Right” and promoted his 2011 book “White Identity.”

“White identity is a racial identity like those taken for granted by people of any other race,” Taylor said. “Ask what being Black means to a Black person or being Asian means to an Asian. Why would you expect a different answer from me?”

Taylor said his views are “in accord with biology, history, and human nature, and are morally unimpeachable.” {snip}

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Asked what responsibility he has for how others might use his ideas, Taylor said, “I have arrived at my views after decades of study and reflection. I wish everyone in the world shared them.”

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School officials on Monday told The Sun the event has not yet been rescheduled, adding that, as a state agency, the college “cannot discriminate against outside agencies wishing to pursue space reservations on campus, assuming all legal, financial, insurance, and safety considerations are met.”

A statement issued by Salisbury University last week condemned Taylor and distanced the institution from the event.

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Taylor said he believes the event will eventually take place.

“I believe the talk will take place,” he said. “After the obligatory fulminations, the administration evokes the First Amendment, so it’s unlikely to ban me outright.”

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