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They Were Assaulted on Campus for Being Jews
Bari Weiss
April 22, 2024
For a second, imagine that black students at Columbia were taunted: Go back to Africa. Or imagine that a gay student was surrounded by homophobic protesters and hit with a stick at Yale University. Or imagine if a campus imam told Muslim students that they ought to head home for Ramadan because campus public safety could not guarantee their security. There would be relentless fury from our media and condemnation from our politicians. Just remember the righteous—and rightful—outrage over the white supremacist “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, where neo-Nazis chanted “The Jews will not replace us.” READ MORE
GATESTONE Many Culprits Behind Rise of Antisemitism, Including the Media There is the influence of DEI which has too often placed Jews at the top of a racial hierarchy, ignoring the fact that Jews have always been, and remain, dramatically more discriminated against than any other group, including those groups at the supposed bottom of the DEI hierarchy of intersectionality: Indigenous, Blacks, Muslims and the LGBTQIA+.
CANARY MISSION Columbia University’s Antisemitic Ecosystem Columbia University has created an “ecosystem” of antisemitism for many years. A key component contributing to this toxic atmosphere are the professors hired by the university. Post-Oct. 7 and in violation of university policy, dozens of faculty members have led the charge against Israel, calling for the destruction of the only Jewish state in the world and slandering Israel’s actions against the genocidal terror group Hamas. Sixty-eight professors at Columbia are currently profiled on Canary Mission for their antisemitism.