Belmont University is apologizing after a guest speaker gave a “biased and disrespectful” lecture about resistance to the Trump administration.
The lecture, delivered by Middle Tennessee State University professor Joseph Morgan, was titled “Popular Music and Presidential Politics” and categorized as a “Music and Discourse Lecture” online. However, slides from the PowerPoint presentation indicated that Morgan’s intended title was “Popular Music and the Impending Tyranny of Donald Trump.”
During the lecture, Morgan played several illicit songs that were critical of the president. A Belmont University student writing for Lone Conservative recorded video of the song “FDT” by YG repeatedly playing throughout the event.
The lecture, according to an event description, was supposed to be a “brief survey of popular music, including hip-hop, rock, country and Tejano, discussing musical resistances to Donald Trump’s campaign for President.”
The private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., issued the following statement:
The event was not mandatory, but students have to attend a set number of these types of events to graduate.
Alexander James is a contributor to Red Alert Politics and a freelance journalist.
