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In U.C.L.A. Debate Over Jewish Student, Echoes on Campus of Old Biases
The New York Times ^ | March 5, 2015 | ADAM NAGOURNEY

Posted on 03/08/2015 6:56:12 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

It seemed like routine business for the student council at the University of California, Los Angeles: confirming the nomination of Rachel Beyda, a second-year economics major who wants to be a lawyer someday, to the council’s Judicial Board.

Until it came time for questions.

“Given that you are a Jewish student and very active in the Jewish community,” Fabienne Roth, a member of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, began, looking at Ms. Beyda at the other end of the room, “how do you see yourself being able to maintain an unbiased view?”

For the next 40 minutes, after Ms. Beyda was dispatched from the room, the council tangled in a debate about whether her faith and affiliation with Jewish organizations, including her sorority and Hillel, a popular student group, meant she would be biased in dealing with sensitive governance questions that come before the board, which is the campus equivalent of the Supreme Court.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; jewish; liberal
So what would have happened if Beyda was a Muslim and the question had been recast as:

“Given that you are a Muslim student and very active in the Islamic community,” Fabienne Roth, a member of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, began, looking at Ms. Beyda at the other end of the room, “how do you see yourself being able to maintain an unbiased view?”

1 posted on 03/08/2015 6:56:13 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Judas effing priest


2 posted on 03/08/2015 7:04:49 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: Timber Rattler

Muzloids are a protected class among the PC congoscenti, like the snail darter, except violent and malignant.

Their are hierarchies to the PC protected classes. Right now, Muzloids are at the top, above even blacks and LBGTQ.

Jews had been moved to the bottom for a while, below “privileged” orientals.

But Jews have now been moved to the deprecated list, along with white males and all conservatives.


3 posted on 03/08/2015 7:05:45 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: Timber Rattler

They say that they’re only “anti-Israel,” but in fact, “anti-Israel” is based on the belief that Israel ought to roll over and die. That sounds a lot like good-old anti-Semitism to me.


4 posted on 03/08/2015 7:06:13 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Westbrook

THERE are hierarchies ...


5 posted on 03/08/2015 7:06:18 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: Timber Rattler

The Solution to this problem is obvious:

All Jewish students in the University of California system should be required to wear Yellow Stars on their clothing.

But please keep in mind, this is only an Interim Solution, not a Final Solution.

We will need more Student Association Council meetings before coming up with a Final Solution.


6 posted on 03/08/2015 7:10:36 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Timber Rattler

Or Christian, or Buddhist, or atheist, or Mexican or liberal, or conservative.

College student body organizations are truly sophomoric jokes.


7 posted on 03/08/2015 7:12:38 AM PDT by aquila48
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Jude
8 posted on 03/08/2015 7:12:43 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Westbrook

Don’t forget to add the Europeans because the person who first posed the question, Fabienne Roth, is an international student from Switzerland.


9 posted on 03/08/2015 7:29:30 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Next time, they’ll just make sure the cameras are off and no notes are taken.


10 posted on 03/08/2015 7:31:29 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: Westbrook
Yes, you are correct. Jews have been moved OFF the list, and not DOWN the list.

I think the lowest group on the current list would be physically handicapped people.

Unless, of course, that person was injured while serving in the military, then that individual is OFF the list entirely.

11 posted on 03/08/2015 7:55:20 AM PDT by TontoKowalski
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Agreed. To grant actual authority to a gaggle of untrained, inexperienced, been nowhere done nothing skulls full of mush is a travesty. Let them hone their leadership skills by planning the homecoming dance.
12 posted on 03/08/2015 8:06:55 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Timber Rattler

A fashion statement for the well dressed UCLA student.

13 posted on 03/08/2015 8:20:53 AM PDT by Ditto
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Next time, they’ll just make sure the cameras are off and no notes are taken.

Yep. SOP

14 posted on 03/08/2015 8:21:22 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Timber Rattler

So the University did not punish the bigots on the council? Imagine the question rephrased to gays, blacks or hispanics? OMG!!! Christians, Jews and straight White Men, no protections allowed.


15 posted on 03/08/2015 9:40:29 AM PDT by armydawg505
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“Given that your a liberal, how do you maintain an unbiased view when a Conservative or conservative idea comes to trial?”

The truth is they don’t, which is part of the reason we have juries. This is particularly problematic among people who tend to make their judgement based upon their feelings rather than their logic.


16 posted on 03/08/2015 11:32:06 AM PDT by Monorprise
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They are sympathetic to the point of a tizzy fit to the Muslims (poor victims of Israel) and the Muslims equal Nazis when it comes to a blood lust for Jews. Lefties are not the sharpest knives in the drawer and they can easily be led and manipulated by Muslims. It’s like guppies hanging out with sharks.


17 posted on 03/08/2015 2:40:29 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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