VOSS Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Quote Harvard University issued a campuswide message Tuesday evening from its interim president condemning an antisemitic cartoon that was circulated—and then disavowed—by two student groups and a faculty organization. “Perpetuating vile and hateful antisemitic tropes, or otherwise engaging in inflammatory rhetoric or sharing images that demean people on the basis of their identity, is precisely the opposite of what this moment demands of us,” wrote Alan Garber, the university’s interim president. “The University will review the situation to better understand who was responsible for the posting and to determine what further steps are warranted.” The latest controversy at the prestigious university comes after a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism that played a role in the last president’s ouster, as well as recently launched federal investigations into antisemitism and anti-Muslim harassment on a number of campuses, including Harvard. The cartoon was featured in a recent post on Instagram attempting to link the Black and Palestinian “liberation movements.” The cartoon depicted a hand etched with a Star of David and a dollar sign holding a noose around the necks of what appear to be the Black boxer and activist Muhammad Ali and Gamal Abdel Nasser, who was a longtime president of Egypt. The three groups that posted the image issued apologies after it sparked criticism on social media. “The inclusion of the offensive caricature was an unprompted, painful error—a combination of ignorance and inadequate oversight,” wrote the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and Harvard’s African and African American Resistance Organization in a joint statement. The groups said the cartoon had come from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an activist organization from the 1960s. WSJ
N.M.K. Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Yeah I mean that image circulated is as centuries-old antisemitic imagery as it gets
The7thStranger Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I hate that people are forgetting that a government =! the people. The hypocrisy is astounding.
Gov Hooka Posted February 22 Posted February 22 2 hours ago, The7thStranger said: I hate that people are forgetting that a government =! the people. The hypocrisy is astounding. Israeli people ≠ Jewish people either. Any discussion about “rising antisemitism” needs to primarily focus on placing the blame of that on the Zionist state of Israel and its global supporters. They are deliberately conflating their ideology and genocidal actions with the Jewish religion and Jewish people. The entire world is quite literally seeing some of the most heinous crimes against humanity being committed with the perpetrators of those crimes claiming it be in the name of the Jewish religion. Social media is littered with bombed out schools, hospitals, apartments spray painted with stars of David by the terrorists in the ISISraeli army, not to mention graphic videos of tortured Palestinian civilians being forced to say “Om Israel Chai.” The terrorist state of Israel is one of the greatest antisemitic entities in the entire world and if the discussion on this issue doesn’t begin there, then it’s a disingenuous point to bring up. 2
Communion Posted February 22 Posted February 22 (edited) It's terribly interesting that Israel has been occupying and terrorizing Palestine for so long that the topic of how to criticize Israel without veering into antisemitic imagery goes back to *decades* 1967. Muhammad Ali supported Palestine / was anti-Zionist, but I'm not sure the efficacy of showing a hand featuring the Star of David trying to lynch him. There are several problematic illustrations in the original newsletter published back in 1967 by the SNCC - https://www.crmvet.org/docs/sv/6707_sncc_news-r.pdf - but amongst said illustrations and articles is also imagery like the below that would suggest the current genocide Israel is committing may extend beyond events that uhh started before October 7th, 2023. Edited February 22 by Communion
GhostBox Posted February 22 Posted February 22 57 minutes ago, Miss Show Business said: Quiet in here, isn't it? Welp 💀 4
ZIVERT Posted February 22 Posted February 22 1 hour ago, Miss Show Business said: Quiet in here, isn't it? 1
Communion Posted February 22 Posted February 22 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ZIVERT said: 33 minutes ago, GhostBox said: Welp 💀 Girlies, I hope I don't find either of you defending relics of antisemitism in the below threads. How odd that those who said the faux pax of honoring Ukrainians who literally murdered Jewish people with their bare hands decades ago shouldn't be considered a topic of priority in discussions of modern antisemitism are now suddenly very invested in the fact that a radical black Marxist youth group in the 60s used problematic imagery in their critiques of anti-Zionism. It's a shame since clearly the antisemitic imagery should be called out, yet these glaring double standards suggest a force like anti-blackness is the real motivation. I wonder which of these people contributed more to the death of Jewish individuals? Edited February 22 by Communion
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