Unsurprisingly, CNN, like the other leftist outlets covering this, do it in an antiseptic manner, as they do not want to upset the Jew hating/Hamas supporting base by highlighting that Jew hatred and harassment is a bad thing
Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Monday sent letters to 60 colleges and universities it says are under investigation for alleged violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination,” warning institutions of possible consequences if they don’t take adequate steps to protect Jewish students.
The OCR said that it sent letters under its authority to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bans any institution receiving federal funds from discriminating based on race, color, and national origin.
The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on university administrators to rein in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have erupted periodically on college campuses across the country over the past year and led to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators.
President Donald Trump’s administration has made combating what it considers anti-Israel and antisemitic movements on college campuses a priority.
He signed an executive order during his second week in office to “combat antisemitism” in schools and on university campuses, and on February 3 announced the creation of a multiagency task force to carry out the mandate.
But, see, since Trump announced this, and has said he will pull funding from Jew hating schools, it’s a Bad Thing. Something Democrats should oppose. Because Democrats like to defend the indefensible. But, then, we have seen the Israel hatred and support for radical Islam rise to hatred of Jews and support of Islamic terrorism heavily since 9/11, particularly on college campuses.
Before Monday’s announcement, the Department of Education had said in early February that it was investigating five of the 60 universities on the list: Columbia; Northwestern University; Portland State University; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
The fifty-five other universities are now under investigation or are being monitored “in response to complaints filed with OCR,” according to Monday’s statement. (snip)
“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement.
And the ED has every right to do this, since these schools take lots of federal money.
MAGA hates education, especially colleges and universities, those hotbeds of free-thinking and reason.
Now Trump wants to make illegal political speech he doesn’t like. It’s a sop for his anti-Palestinian/anti-Muslim/anti-Arab base.
That said, any harassment is a crime and SHOULD be prosecuted. Schools should make every effort to protect blacks, Muslims, Jews, Arabs, Asians, gays, transgendered, atheists and women from harassment and discrimination!
I thought the Dept of Education was executed?
BTW, ICE kidnapped a Green Card holding, pro-Palestinian protester with threats to deport him. A federal judge said not so fast, matey. ICE refused to describe a crime Mr Kahlil had committed.
Do MAGAts believe any non-citizen criticizing Israel’s bombing in Gaza, killing some 40,000 Gazans should be deported? I being pro-Palestine automatically pro-Hamas and anti-Semitic?
Our Democrat from deeply red Missouri asked:
Yes.
The ‘Palestinians’ have already told you what they want, to kill all of the Jews, to push them into the sea, and to take over all of the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. When they tell you that, why won’t you believe them?
I reported, last May, on a completely peaceable pro-Hamas demonstration on the University of Kentucky campus. The protesters took over no buildings, harassed no students, and disrupted nothing, all on a campus that was beginning final exams. That is the real exercise of their First Amendment rights of Freedom of Speech and the right of peaceable assembly.
That’s not what was seen on the Bernard campus, where a building was occupied, students were disrupted, and Jews harassed.
What a shame that nobody cares about their WHITE HATRED. But then we all know who pulls the strings.