Saint Vincent College responds to CPET conference speaker's potentially offensive presentation

LATROBE (KDKA) - Saint Vincent College is responding to outrage sparked by a CPET conference speaker at the school last week.

Many found themselves upset by the content of a presentation titled "Only Black Lives Matter: Racial Hysteria in Contemporary America" by Dr. David Azerrad.

In a statement, the conference's co-director said "Saint Vincent does not endorse the promulgation of any point of view which may be interpreted as a form of invidious discrimination."

He went on to say the examples used during the lecture, including those which downplayed and minimized the role of several highly-accomplished African Americans, were demeaning in many ways.