A Stanford University instructor has been removed from the classroom amid reports they called Jewish students colonizers and downplayed the Holocaust | CNN
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An instructor at Stanford University has been removed from teaching duties as the school investigates reports that during a discussion on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the instructor downplayed the Holocaust and singled out students “based on their backgrounds and identities.”

An instructor at Stanford University has been removed from teaching duties as the school investigates reports that during a discussion on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the instructor downplayed the Holocaust and singled out students “based on their backgrounds and identities.”

“Without prejudging the matter, this report is a cause for serious concern. Academic freedom does not permit the identity-based targeting of students,” Stanford said in a statement Wednesday.

  • hh93@lemm.ee
    23·
    1 year ago

    I mean they are not entirely wrong with the colonization aspect. What Hamas is doing is indefensible but Israel is behaving like an oppressor, too. Especially with Netanyahu actually interested in diverting people’s attention towards an outside enemy instead of his corruption trial.

    That whole conflict has no side that’s “right” anymore and both sides are too stubborn to actually make concessions with each other (especially after Hamas go in power and jeopardized the Oslo agreement"