gift link will work for everyone CUNY Removes Palestinian Studies Job Listing on Hochul’s Orders The language in the listing included terms — like “settler colonialism,” “apartheid” and “genocide” — that Jewish groups said were offensive when applied to Israel. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/...e_code=1.0U4.aj8Q.K245VYZiTZvH&smid=url-share excerpt: When Nancy Cantor became president of Hunter College last fall, she asked faculty, students and staff what they wanted from the school. One answer was more attention to Palestinian studies. Faculty members began working on possible approaches. They came up with a plan for two tenure-track faculty positions that would cross several departments and began drafting job descriptions. The Hunter College job listing for Palestinian studies called for scholars who could “take a critical lens” to issues including “settler colonialism, genocide, human rights, apartheid” and other topics. When the listing was posted last weekend, Jewish groups protested the inclusion of words that they said are antisemitic when applied to Israel. Their objections were first reported in The New York Post. By Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded that the college, a part of the City University of New York, take down the listing. “Governor Hochul directed CUNY to immediately remove this posting and conduct a thorough review of the position to ensure that antisemitic theories are not promoted in the classroom,” a spokesperson said in a statement, adding, “Hateful rhetoric of any kind has no place at CUNY or anywhere in New York State.” The college, as part of the CUNY system, depends on state funding. The university’s chancellor and board chair immediately approved Governor Hochul’s directive to remove the listing. “We find this language divisive, polarizing and inappropriate and strongly agree with Governor Hochul’s direction to remove this posting, which we have ensured Hunter College has since done,” Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and the chairman of the board of trustees, William C. Thompson Jr., said in a statement. Like that, the listing was gone. The jobs remain, awaiting a new listing. “We will be reviewing the posting process and look forward to adding scholars with expertise in this subject matter to our distinguished faculty,” a spokesman for Hunter said. more at the link
Thank you for posting this @Os Trigonum . Not even being sarcastic. This is is an article that really expressed the hollowness of the Democrat party. Here is the "antisemitic" language from the job posting. " We seek a historically grounded scholar who takes a critical lens to issues pertaining to Palestine including but not limited to: settler colonialism, genocide, human rights, apartheid, migration, climate and infrastructure devastation, health, race, gender, and sexuality." @astros123 She's a Democrat. Do you understand why people who have empathy for Palestinians don't like Democrats either?
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