“In response to recent events [that] It made Jewish students feel unsafe and unwelcome.” American University has banned students from protesting inside campus buildings.
In a Jan. 25 email, AU President Sylvia Burwell and other administrators wrote, “Anti-Semitism is abhorrent, wrong and will not be tolerated.”
Accordingly, student protests are prohibited in “university buildings, dormitories, cafeterias, or other indoor spaces used for educational activities or events or university operations.”
They also noted that all student organizations must “welcome all students” and that “posters and university-sponsored events” must be “inclusive.”
According to eagle, The email was sent after numerous anti-Israel protests took place inside the International Service School. (picture), And the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish On Campus filed formal complaints alleging that AU “permits a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students” and applies “double standards” to these students.
“Any club found to be unwelcoming will lose university recognition, which grants funding and access to university facilities,” the email said, and “anyone who displays posters that do not ‘promote inclusivity’ will face general disciplinary action.” “You will receive it,” it says.
In response to this message, the AU chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine said, “All students, faculty and staff [and] From “employees” to “strike, protest [and] Strike on Friday”.
“President Burwell is actively suppressing campus-based activism in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and silencing the voices of Palestinian students and faculty, as well as their allies,” the group said. “Burwell’s blatant disregard for the safety of all AU students, faculty and staff has created an unsafe and hostile campus environment.”
The administrator's email cited “enhancements” to the “AUX2” curriculum, such as “content and learning objectives on the relationships between racism, discrimination and oppression, anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred, and other forms of hatred and intolerance.”
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