Considerable public indignation has been caused by Professor Bright Sheng's having to step down from his teaching position at the University of Michigan for showing students 1964 British movie Othello in order to explain Verdi’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. The renowned Chinese born American composer, pianist and conductor Sheng, a survivor the Cultural revolution, is today the victim of an unjust disciplinary measure which violates every principle of academic freedom. Higher education not only should, but must, challenge students’ worldviews in order to make them critical thinkers. We therefore demand that Professor Sheng be reinstated in his former position.