Posted on 10/13/2023 7:05:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
Wall Street CEO Marc Rowan is calling for the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania to resign and donors to close their checkbooks over an alleged failure to condemn antisemitism and hate.
Rowan, the CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management, wrote in an op-ed posted online Wednesday that UPenn failed to condemn an event held on campus last month that the university acknowledged included speakers with a history of making antisemitic remarks.
“Why is UPenn repeating tragic mistakes of the past? Words of hate and violence must be met with clear, reasoned condemnation, rooted in morality from those in positions of authority,” Rowan wrote.
Rowan, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes to be nearly $6 billion, is one of the university’s wealthiest donors and supporters. He chairs the board of advisors at the university’s famed Wharton School and is the latest business leader to slam an Ivy League school over its handling of antisemitism in the wake of Hamas deadly attack on Israel.
UPenn leaders said in a statement Tuesday they were “devastated by the horrific assault on Israel by Hamas.”
“These abhorrent attacks have resulted in the tragic loss of life and escalating violence and unrest in the region,” UPenn President Elizabeth Magill and UPenn Provost John Jackson, Jr., said in that statement.
But the billionaire CEO argues UPenn leaders failed to condemn the “hate-filled” Palestine Writes Literature Festival, a multi-day event that took place at the university’s campus last month.
“The polarizing Palestine Writes gathering featured well-known antisemites and fomenters of hate and racism and was underwritten, supported and hosted by various UPenn academic departments and affiliates,” Rowan said.
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Abolutely.
What’s taken so long? This has been going on for decades.
UPenn firing on all cylinders
These students are ethically and morally deficient. Under no circumstances can one condone and promote Hamas’ savage brutality.
Children need to be taught the difference between good and evil. It's obvious the education system is failing at all levels.
Include zek emmanuel in the list. He’s a scourge on the place.
They will still allow anti white rhetoric.
UPenn recently hired Michael Mann.
Remove the academic accreditation of the University of Pennsylvania until the leftists are removed from the administration.
They are shocked to find gambling in this casino
“UPenn recently hired Michael Mann.”
Generational amnesia.
Exactly, some of these billionaires need to open up their wallets and make a difference.
They’re claiming the ‘beheaded babies’ is a lie...therefore there’s no justification for a response. Unreal. Let’s just ignore the murder, rape, mutilation, desecration, of men, women, and children - targeted directly.
What is shocking is the number of people around us, across the west, that claim the problem is Israel ‘murdering Palestinian kids’. I have connections on LinkedIn that are posting about ‘Israeli murderers’, as though what Hamas did wasn’t the problem.
HE JUST MADE THEM A TARGET....................
Hamas is Gator Bait!
Donors to close their checkbooks
The magic key for results
Some people did some things at UPenn and now “Daddy” money has noticed. Prepare the HR reprograming!
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