The meeting, confirmed Wednesday morning by a U-M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald, will be an opportunity for Harbaugh to sit down with "a small group of Muslim students" who protested the university's showing of the movie and were upset by Harbaugh's public support of the film.
"He's agreed to meet with them to hear their concerns about the movie, which you probably know the coach supported," Fitzgerald told MLive in an email. "The meeting has been scheduled for several weeks."
On April 8, Harbaugh sent a tweet in response to some outcries on campus regarding "American Sniper," Clint Eastwood's controversial movie based on the autobiography of United States Navy Seal Chris Kyle
The tweet came amid protests both for and against the film being shown at a University of Michigan function. The discontent prompted U-M to cancel a showing of the film, then backtrack, call the decision to cancel a "mistake."
Following those complaints, the U-M Center for Campus Involvement announced it wouldn't be showing the movie at the event. That was followed by a decision to screen the film at an undetermined date with a post-viewing panel focused on reflection and dialogue.
The cancelation, though, stirred support for the film to be shown, including a new petition and hundreds of comments on the Center for Campus Involvement's Facebook Page.
At 10:45 p.m. that same night, the university released a statement saying that "it was a mistake to cancel" a showing of "American Sniper" and that the film would be shown as originally scheduled.
"The initial decision to cancel the movie was not consistent with the high value the University of Michigan places on freedom of expression and our respect for the right of students to make their own choices in such matters," E. Royster Harper University of
Michigan vice president for student life said in the statement.
On April 10, two movies -- "Paddington" and "American Sniper" -- were shown at "UMix Late Night." There were no major protests at the Michigan Union that night andapproximately 150 students viewed "American Sniper."
The meeting between Harbaugh and members of U-M's Muslim student body was first reported late Tuesday by The College Fix..
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