Several universities, including Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Wisconsin, are facing criticism and legal actions over their handling of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and antisemitism concerns. Harvard's DEI bureaucracy promoted separate 'affinity group' meetings for Jews and Arabs but later deleted the program. The University of Wisconsin agreed to cut DEI initiatives in exchange for state funding. Additionally, a lawsuit has been filed against Carnegie Mellon University for failing to act against antisemitism. Jewish students at MIT and Princeton reported being warned against accusing others of hate speech and were denied personal meetings by the DEI office, respectively.
A Jewish student reported actual antisemitic hate speech at Princeton — the school that found a way to fire Joshua Katz for speech it didn’t like — and the DEI office told him it was protected political speech and did nothing: https://t.co/jc7LVu2srD
What happens when Jewish students go to the DEI office? At MIT, they’re “warned…against accusing ‘any one of our colleagues, staff or trainees of hate speech.’” At Princeton, they’re told, “campus community members are not entitled to personal meetings.” https://t.co/e5rUiMIfwo
My latest in @JewishJournal: Lawsuit: Jewish Student Faced Antisemitic Discrimination from Carnegie Mellon Profs The @LawfareProject announced on Wednesday that they have filed a lawsuit against Carnegie Mellon University for failing to act against antisemitism that a student…
University of Wisconsin Reverses Course, Will Cut DEI Programs for State Funding https://t.co/XTVoSwCp3g
The University of Wisconsin agrees to cut diversity initiatives in exchange for state funding https://t.co/4auThttiP5
EXCLUSIVE: Since the Hamas terror attack, Harvard's DEI bureaucracy had been promoting separate "affinity group" meetings for Jews and Arabs. Then, suddenly, within the past two weeks, DEI officials deleted the program from its website. Why would they do that? https://t.co/RUYrkwOLPu
University Donors And Lawmakers Target DEI After Antisemitism Concerns https://t.co/W2ykr9NO8z https://t.co/QkHmFn4FWm
Princeton punished me for fighting to fix DEI and antisemitism on campus https://t.co/Umzfl0ET7r https://t.co/jnGS9uM3mO