“The universities where most sanction attempts have occurred are typically the most gilded.”
Possibly not unrelated to them being the places where there is the highest incentive to knock someone out to grab their place and climb higher up the academic greasey pole.
John Murray
1 year ago
“The universities where most sanction attempts have occurred are typically the most gilded.”
Possibly not unrelated to them being the places where there is the highest incentive to knock someone out to grab their place and climb higher up the academic greasey pole.
AC Harper
1 year ago
The most gilded universities contain the most attractive ‘trophies’ for the activists to claim.
AC Harper
1 year ago
The most gilded universities contain the most attractive ‘trophies’ for the activists to claim.
laurence scaduto
1 year ago
Wouldn’t it be better to publish the flood of statistics as a footnote or link and use the article to explore the topic in more depth? Just a thought.
Or even more importantly, define the bl00dy terms. Odd the numbers define the sources, but not the type of sanction.
laurence scaduto
1 year ago
Wouldn’t it be better to publish the flood of statistics as a footnote or link and use the article to explore the topic in more depth? Just a thought.
Ben Shipley
1 year ago
In the student totals, I’m curious how the initiators break out by gender, race, orientation, etc. who is actually on the offensive here, and do they represent a ground swell or just their own self-assertive voices?
Ben Shipley
1 year ago
In the student totals, I’m curious how the initiators break out by gender, race, orientation, etc. who is actually on the offensive here, and do they represent a ground swell or just their own self-assertive voices?
Phil Re
1 year ago
The case of Kenneth Roth is hardly illustrative. Roth isn’t an academic, and he presided over the ideological and financial corruption of a onetime human rights stalwart.
As a poster below noted, it’s at best misleading to say that Roth posted tweets “critical of Israel” when his organization’s mission was to delegitimize Israel among cultural elites in the UK and the US (under the guise of promoting human rights, of course).
Am I saying he shouldn’t have been offered a fellowship at Harvard? No. But his case should prompt conversation about what, if anything, might ever be disqualifying. It should not be used as a notable example of “attempts to sanction academics.”
Phil Re
1 year ago
The case of Kenneth Roth is hardly illustrative. Roth isn’t an academic, and he presided over the ideological and financial corruption of a onetime human rights stalwart.
As a poster below noted, it’s at best misleading to say that Roth posted tweets “critical of Israel” when his organization’s mission was to delegitimize Israel among cultural elites in the UK and the US (under the guise of promoting human rights, of course).
Am I saying he shouldn’t have been offered a fellowship at Harvard? No. But his case should prompt conversation about what, if anything, might ever be disqualifying. It should not be used as a notable example of “attempts to sanction academics.”
Coralie Palmer
1 year ago
This could have been a really interesting piece. But with the definition of sanction as ‘anything from open letters and petitions to outright termination of employment’, it’s dead loss. Like Tell Mama’s defining ‘racist attacks’ as anything from looking at someone the wrong way to stabbing them. It’s infuriating because this is an important issue, and the definition as stands is quite literally meaningless.
Coralie Palmer
1 year ago
This could have been a really interesting piece. But with the definition of sanction as ‘anything from open letters and petitions to outright termination of employment’, it’s dead loss. Like Tell Mama’s defining ‘racist attacks’ as anything from looking at someone the wrong way to stabbing them. It’s infuriating because this is an important issue, and the definition as stands is quite literally meaningless.
Moshe Simon
1 year ago
Kenneth Roth is not a critic of Israel. He is a sworn enemy who persistently and obsessively lies and defames Israel and its people and misrepresents their character and laws. The former head of Human Rights Watch, he was severely taken to task for his false accusations against the country by the organization’s founder, in particular his assertion that Israel is an apartheid state. Harvard should never have offered him a fellowship.
Moshe Simon
1 year ago
Kenneth Roth is not a critic of Israel. He is a sworn enemy who persistently and obsessively lies and defames Israel and its people and misrepresents their character and laws. The former head of Human Rights Watch, he was severely taken to task for his false accusations against the country by the organization’s founder, in particular his assertion that Israel is an apartheid state. Harvard should never have offered him a fellowship.
“The universities where most sanction attempts have occurred are typically the most gilded.”
Possibly not unrelated to them being the places where there is the highest incentive to knock someone out to grab their place and climb higher up the academic greasey pole.
“The universities where most sanction attempts have occurred are typically the most gilded.”
Possibly not unrelated to them being the places where there is the highest incentive to knock someone out to grab their place and climb higher up the academic greasey pole.
The most gilded universities contain the most attractive ‘trophies’ for the activists to claim.
The most gilded universities contain the most attractive ‘trophies’ for the activists to claim.
Wouldn’t it be better to publish the flood of statistics as a footnote or link and use the article to explore the topic in more depth? Just a thought.
Or even more importantly, define the bl00dy terms. Odd the numbers define the sources, but not the type of sanction.
Or even more importantly, define the bl00dy terms. Odd the numbers define the sources, but not the type of sanction.
Wouldn’t it be better to publish the flood of statistics as a footnote or link and use the article to explore the topic in more depth? Just a thought.
In the student totals, I’m curious how the initiators break out by gender, race, orientation, etc. who is actually on the offensive here, and do they represent a ground swell or just their own self-assertive voices?
In the student totals, I’m curious how the initiators break out by gender, race, orientation, etc. who is actually on the offensive here, and do they represent a ground swell or just their own self-assertive voices?
The case of Kenneth Roth is hardly illustrative. Roth isn’t an academic, and he presided over the ideological and financial corruption of a onetime human rights stalwart.
As a poster below noted, it’s at best misleading to say that Roth posted tweets “critical of Israel” when his organization’s mission was to delegitimize Israel among cultural elites in the UK and the US (under the guise of promoting human rights, of course).
Am I saying he shouldn’t have been offered a fellowship at Harvard? No. But his case should prompt conversation about what, if anything, might ever be disqualifying. It should not be used as a notable example of “attempts to sanction academics.”
The case of Kenneth Roth is hardly illustrative. Roth isn’t an academic, and he presided over the ideological and financial corruption of a onetime human rights stalwart.
As a poster below noted, it’s at best misleading to say that Roth posted tweets “critical of Israel” when his organization’s mission was to delegitimize Israel among cultural elites in the UK and the US (under the guise of promoting human rights, of course).
Am I saying he shouldn’t have been offered a fellowship at Harvard? No. But his case should prompt conversation about what, if anything, might ever be disqualifying. It should not be used as a notable example of “attempts to sanction academics.”
This could have been a really interesting piece. But with the definition of sanction as ‘anything from open letters and petitions to outright termination of employment’, it’s dead loss. Like Tell Mama’s defining ‘racist attacks’ as anything from looking at someone the wrong way to stabbing them. It’s infuriating because this is an important issue, and the definition as stands is quite literally meaningless.
This could have been a really interesting piece. But with the definition of sanction as ‘anything from open letters and petitions to outright termination of employment’, it’s dead loss. Like Tell Mama’s defining ‘racist attacks’ as anything from looking at someone the wrong way to stabbing them. It’s infuriating because this is an important issue, and the definition as stands is quite literally meaningless.
Kenneth Roth is not a critic of Israel. He is a sworn enemy who persistently and obsessively lies and defames Israel and its people and misrepresents their character and laws. The former head of Human Rights Watch, he was severely taken to task for his false accusations against the country by the organization’s founder, in particular his assertion that Israel is an apartheid state. Harvard should never have offered him a fellowship.
Kenneth Roth is not a critic of Israel. He is a sworn enemy who persistently and obsessively lies and defames Israel and its people and misrepresents their character and laws. The former head of Human Rights Watch, he was severely taken to task for his false accusations against the country by the organization’s founder, in particular his assertion that Israel is an apartheid state. Harvard should never have offered him a fellowship.
And the left say there is no culture war…
And the left say there is no culture war…