Statement on the Trashing of Thomas Jefferson by UVA’s Vice President of Student Affairs During Graduation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson Council strongly condemns Kenyon Bonner’s denigration and marginalization of Thomas Jefferson during his address at UVA’s final exercises. His remarks were incongruous, unseemly, and incorrect– and perhaps more than anything, they were an example of psychological projection. Most egregiously, Bonner proclaimed, “For all his brilliance, his unfounded […]