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University Of Southern California Valedictorian Canceled Over Anti Israel Instagram Link
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:03 pm
Reason: to keep everyone safe.
BBC
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The University of Southern California (USC) has cancelled a student's graduation speech amid a backlash over her comments about Israel. Asna Tabassum said the move came in response to "a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice". USC cited "substantial risks" to campus security in the decision to halt the Muslim student's address. Ms Tabassum is the 2024 valedictorian.
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Ms Tabassum's Instagram account links to a website that criticises Israel and calls for its "complete abolishment", instead arguing for a "one-state solution... in which both arabs and jews can live together". The website also claims that "Zionism is a racist settler-colonial ideology that advocates for a Jewish ethnostate built on Palestinian land".
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Her social media activity led to pro-Israel groups calling for the university to reconsider her selection as valedictorian. One campus group, Trojans for Israel, said that although it "strongly supports the right to free expression - including informed criticism of the Israeli government... rhetoric that denies the right of the Jewish people to self-determination or calls for the destruction of the only Jewish state in the world must be denounced as antisemitic bigotry".
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In a statement on Monday, Ms Tabassum said she was "shocked" and "profoundly disappointed" by the university's decision. "I am not surprised by those who attempt to propagate hatred. I am surprised that my own university - my home for four years - has abandoned me," she wrote. "By cancelling my speech, USC is only caving to fear and rewarding hatred," added Ms Tabassum, who studied biomedical engineering with a minor in resistance to genocide.
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In an email to campus on Monday, Andrew Guzman, the provost and senior vice-president for academic affairs, said the decision was necessary for "campus security and safety" at the graduation event.
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"To be clear: This decision has nothing to do with freedom of speech," he added. "There is no free-speech entitlement to speak at a commencement. The issue here is how best to maintain campus security and safety, period."
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations criticised the university, saying it "cannot hide its cowardly decision behind a disingenuous concern for security".
BBC
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:06 pm to LuckyTiger
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with a minor in resistance to genocide.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:08 pm to LuckyTiger
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minor in resistance to genocide.
One could say USC brought this upon itself.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:11 pm to LuckyTiger
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations criticised the university, saying it "cannot hide its cowardly decision behind a disingenuous concern for security".
CAIR is a terrorist front group.
Never forget.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:11 pm to LuckyTiger
private university, they can do what they want
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:11 pm to LuckyTiger
Did she really get a minor in “resistance to genocide”. Sometimes the jokes write themselves.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:13 pm to LuckyTiger
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"a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice".
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:16 pm to highcotton2
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biomedical engineering
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with a minor in resistance to genocide
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:20 pm to LuckyTiger
Cute for a terrorist
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:23 pm to LuckyTiger
Either you support the concept of free speech or you don’t.
Illinois Nazis and the ACLU and all that.
Illinois Nazis and the ACLU and all that.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:26 pm to Ag Zwin
When other individuals are getting silenced over their voices, I have no problems with this terrorist sympathizer being silenced.
California universities are notoriously anti-speech in general so I’m not going to bitch about it working out for once.
California universities are notoriously anti-speech in general so I’m not going to bitch about it working out for once.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:31 pm to LuckyTiger
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with a minor in resistance to genocide
LINK
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JS 211gw The Holocaust Units: 4
POSC 248gw Human Rights Units: 4
POSC 260 Global Ethnic Politics Units: 4
COLT 485 The Shoah (Holocaust) in Literature and the Arts Units: 4
ENGL 444m Native American Literature Units: 4
FREN 373g Remembering Loss, Writing Memory Units: 4
ITAL 352 The Holocaust in Italian Fiction and Film Units: 4
JS 362 Terror and Resistance in Literature and the Media Units: 4
MUSC 430m Music and the Holocaust Units: 4
ANTH 357g Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care Units: 4
HIST 323 The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe Units: 4
HIST 428 Life and Death in Nazi Germany Units: 4
IR 313 Religions and Political Violence Units: 4
JS 315g Anti-Semitism, Racism and Other Hatreds Units: 4
MDA 330 The Armenian Heritage: History, Arts, and Culture Units: 4
POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide Units: 4
PSYC 453 Intergroup Relations Units: 4 *
HIST 444 Mass Violence and Comparative Genocide in Modern World History Units: 4
HIST 446 Resistance to Genocide Units: 4
IR 437 Comparative Genocide Units: 4
It looks like it's about WW2 Germany
USC has Holocaust institute, they probably sponsor the minor.
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 7:44 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:27 pm to LuckyTiger
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who studied biomedical engineering with a minor in resistance to genocide.
Wut?
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It looks like it's about WW2 Germany
Those aren’t the only classes.
So choose one from the first grouping.
Which can be the political science class.
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Overview of human rights controversies across the globe.
Have a teacher that’s more passionate about say Palestine. That’s what you will learn about.
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A comparative analysis of multi-ethnic societies through case studies of inter-ethnic conflict and coexistence
Here is the other one,that could be Israel and Palestine.
And from the rest of the list you choose 4. You don’t have to take the holocaust classes to get the minor.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:25 pm to LuckyTiger
In a real Muslim country she wouldn’t have been allowed to go to college, let alone high school.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:41 pm to LuckyTiger
wtf does one do with a minor in “resistance to genocide”
that sounds so ridiculous I thought it was a joke
that sounds so ridiculous I thought it was a joke
Posted on 4/17/24 at 12:13 am to LuckyTiger
She did great academically at USC, but remember that the valedictorian is selected from over 200 eligible students - who all have perfect/near-perfect GPA - by the faculty.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:24 am to LuckyTiger
Wow, a Commiefornia university actually standing up to a minority? Kudos to them.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:33 am to LuckyTiger
quote:there is no way this is a real thing
with a minor in resistance to genocide.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 6:32 am to LuckyTiger
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University Of Southern California Valedictorian Canceled Over GENOCIDAL Anti-Semitic Instagram Link
FIFY
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