"By inviting any Black speaker there is thepotential of offending somebody because of thefact that these are Back individuals who aremaking statements that not everybody within theBlack community agrees with," Hall said.
"Even the fact that a Black individual issucceeding, that in itself has been seen in thepast as offensive to some people," he added.
Hall said that the BSA does not endorseJeffries' comments.
"We endorse his Blackness as a Black individualand a Black intellectual, but as far as agreementwith his viewpoints, that's another side of theissue," he said.
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said hehopes Jeffries' appearance will not harm relationsbetween campus groups, saying, "It'spossible...that his being invited here will createa controversy between groups, and that would betoo bad," Jewett said.
Last week, a CUNY official announced that theschool probably would not reappoint Jeffries aschair