Posted on 08/29/2013 8:45:53 PM PDT by artichokegrower
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal government has dismissed allegations that three University of California campuses failed to effectively respond to claims of anti-Semitism that arose out of pro-Palestinian events at the schools.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights said in letters sent last week to leaders at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC Irvine that the protests, teach-ins, lectures, graffiti and heated confrontations that gave rise to the claims didn't constitute harassment of Jewish students.
In its Aug. 19 letters to the universities, the Education Department said in most cases the activities at issue were acceptable expressions "on matters of public concern directed to the university community" and "not a legally sufficient basis to establish a hostile environment" was interfering with Jewish students' educations.
"In the university environment, exposure to such robust and discordant expressions, even when personally offensive and hurtful, is a circumstance that a reasonable student in higher education may experience," Zachary Pelchat, the leader of the team tasked with investigating the complaints, wrote. "In this context, the events that the complainants described do not constitute actionable harassment."
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Just don't be a rodeo clown with an Obama mask
To quote Gomer Pyle, who apparently made the ruling,”Surprise, Surprise, Surprise”.
Shocking.
Just don’t be a conservative and try to give a lecture at a college. That would be judged racist and anti-Semitic by the Feds.
Islam IS sedition.
Just curious, if this had happened to moslems, would the Feds had come to the same conclusion?
save for some liberal Jews I know that worship Zero
Zachary Pelchat, the leader of the team tasked with investigating the complaints, wrote. “In this context, the events that the complainants described do not constitute actionable harassment.”....
“and besides...that yellow star is to be worn for the students own protection so that we can easily identify them in case of assault or murder”
In the university environment, exposure to such robust and discordant expressions, even when personally offensive and hurtful, is a circumstance that a reasonable student in higher education may experience...
Hmmm. Sounds like an eminently usable quote to me.
California’s Most Anti-Semitic College
http://www.mindingthecampus.com/originals/2010/09/post_70.html
Divestment Resolutions at the University of California Encourage Anti-Semitism
Just Us department, please state your skin color at the beep.
Muslims torpedo UC Irvine invited speaker, Israel’s Ambassador Oren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfLs_ptJzQA
If there was/were no threats to Jews I can’t see a claim against the speeches. Of course the Jewish people should have the same right of speech context when talking about Islam and the Koran.
“What is best in life?” To smite the jihadists, to drive their mullahs before you, and to hear the lamentations of the media! Allahu fubar!
Ouch! Too true!
Yup. One off color word about the Gays or Muslims and they DOJ would be all over it. Some groups are more equal than others.
Of course, what happens when Muslims speak out against Gays? Quite the dilemma.
Concur. I think when the time comes, Liberals will enthusiastically throw Gays to the [Muslim] wolves to appease them. For a little while anyway.
For those who can’t see it, they are currently doing that with the Jews and Israel.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights said in letters sent last week to leaders at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC Irvine that the protests, teach-ins, lectures, graffiti and heated confrontations that gave rise to the claims didn't constitute harassment of Jewish students... said in most cases the activities at issue were acceptable expressions "on matters of public concern directed to the university community" and "not a legally sufficient basis to establish a hostile environment... In the university environment, exposure to such robust and discordant expressions, even when personally offensive and hurtful, is a circumstance that a reasonable student in higher education may experience," Zachary Pelchat, the leader of the team tasked with investigating the complaints, wrote. "In this context, the events that the complainants described do not constitute actionable harassment."The Jew-hating "protestors" claimed that the burning of a cardboard wall constituted a "hate crime" -- I wonder what the next move of the Obama administration will be?
Hebrew lecturer Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, who filed the complaint dealing with UC Santa Cruz, said Wednesday that she found the government’s decision to dismiss all three complaints on the same day would exacerbate the tensions and have a chilling effect on supporters of Israel. “The message the federal government sends with the closure of these three Title VI complaints, which is to say almost all the complaints of their kind that have been launched in the U.S., is that not only are Jewish students not protected, but anyone who speaks out on their behalf is not protected either." [Feds Reject Anti-Semitism Claims At 3 UC Campuses]
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