Once again, why is Cardona bringing “Islamophobia” into this? It’s Jewish students who are being menaced on campus, not Muslim students. Why does the regime, and the entire Leftist intelligentsia, feel it necessary to indulge in this unjustified moral equivalence? Are they so very afraid of appearing to be pro-Israel that they don’t dare tackle antisemitism alone?
“Biden’s education chief to talk with Dartmouth students about Islamophobia, antisemitism,” by Michael Casey, Associated Press, January 10, 2024:
HANOVER, N.H. — President Joe Biden’s education chief planned to meet Wednesday with students at Dartmouth College to discuss antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses amid the the Israel-Hamas war.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will hold a roundtable including Jewish and Muslim students as part of recently launched Dartmouth Dialogues, an initiative that aims spark conversations bridging political and personal divides.
Fallout from the Israel-Hamas war has roiled campuses across the U.S. and reignited a debate over free speech. College leaders have struggled to define the line where political speech crosses into harassment and discrimination, with Jewish and Arab students raising concerns that their schools are doing too little to protect them….
The Education Department has repeatedly warned colleges that they are required to fight antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses or risk losing federal money. The agency has opened civil rights inquiries at dozens of schools and colleges in response to complaints of antisemitism and Islamophobia in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks, including at Harvard, Stanford and MIT.
Cardona met with Jewish students from Baltimore-area colleges in November and vowed to take action to keep them safe. He later met with the leaders of national Muslim, Arab, and Sikh organizations to discuss the rise of Islamophobia on college campuses….
Vatandas says
A phobia is defined as an extreme or irrational fear. There is nothing extreme or irrational about fearing Islam. All you have to do is be aware of what Muslims are doing around the world.
James Lincoln says
Vatandas,
It would be irrational for someone to NOT FEAR the spread of islam.