This is what happens to you if you speak out on anti-Semitism on UC Campuses
Tammi Benjamin is an adjunct teacher at UC Santa Cruz (America's Wackiest University). She is also Jewish and a friend of mine. Tammi has been very active in trying to combat the constant anti-Semitism on UC campuses. In doing so, she helped start the AMCHA Initiative.
Now the little rascals at UC Berserkley are going after Tammi and calling her a racist for standing up to the MSA (Muslim Student Association chapters), Students for Justice in Palestine, and certain professors who are contributing to the anti-Semitic climate. Look at this below.
http://proisraelbaybloggers.blogspot.com/2013/03/jewish-community-hero-tammi-benjamin.html
And Wednesday, the resolution passed. The below article is from Electric Intifada, obviously an anti-Israel blog.
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora/student-senate-uc-berkeley-passes-resolution-condemning-lecturers-islamophobic-hate
If I were Tammi, I would laugh this off and wear it as a badge of honor. Who cares what a bunch of dopey left-wing kids at Berkeley or Santa Cruz think of her? I seriously doubt the administration will do anything with this. If they do, they will be just as bad.
Here is the deal: If you are going to stand up to anti-Semitism on US university campuses, you have to single out the culprits. As for the UC system, it is clearly the various Muslim Student Associations and their front group, Students for Justice in Palestine, the latter because they have a few misguided non-Muslim members who have drunk the Kool Aid. They have a long history of dragging in anti-Semitic speakers during their anti-Israel hate weeks. For naming names, these dopey kids slam Benjamin as some sort of racist.
Of course, these various student governments are very selective in their outrage.
Did the UC Irvine student government ever condemn the statement of MSU-invited speaker Mohammed Al Asi in 2001 when he told an audience, "You can take the Jew out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the Jew"? Not to my knowledge.
Did the UC Irvine student government ever pass a resolution condemning this poster put up by the MSU a few years back during their week of events? Not to my knowledge.
Did the UCI student government ever pass a resolution condemning the so-called Irvine 11, who disrupted the Israeli ambassador's speech? No-they supported the disruptors.
Did the UC Berkeley student government ever condemn the Students for Justice in Palestine after one of their members rammed Jessica Felber-a Jewish student- with a loaded shopping cart? Not to my knowledge.
Did they ever condemn Berkeley professor Andrew Gutierrez after he heckled and gave the finger to a group of Jewish students peacefully protesting swastikas on campus bathroom walls? Not to my knowledge.
http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2010/05/uc-berkeley-professor-objects-to.html
Has the UC Irvine student government ever condemned the annual anti-Semitic remarks of Amir Abdel Malik Ali when he comes to speak during anti-Israel week? Not to my knowledge.
Did the UC SD student government ever pass a resolution condemning the MSA gal who told David Horowitz that she supported a statement by Hezbollah that all Jews should gather in Israel so as to make it easier to hunt them down? Not to my knowledge.
I think it altogether proper for UC President Mark Yudof to make a strong statement in defense of Ms. Benjamin. Personally, based on his past performance-or lack thereof-I doubt if he will.
I wonder when they are coming after me. Frankly, I don't care. If they do, it will go on my resume.
6 comments:
The UC system is clearly biased. They fail to condemn anything in the annual Hate Speech Week(s) at UCI, sponsored by the MSU.
The students condemn Tammi Benjamin, one of the mildest, nicest, people, who also has the courage to speak out against the Muslim outrages on her campus.
Some say that nothing should be said about UCI so that more Jewish students will attend and presumably oppose the MSU in a meaningful way.
That is a good point but it is pretty tough going when you have an administration that applies its rules selectively.
A couple of years ago I participated in the Task Force to determine definitively if there was antisemitism at UCI. We were tasked with finding the facts and coming up with recommendations. It took a year but one of the recommendations we had was that if a student had a strong Jewish identity it would be better if he enrolled in some other university.
Let the UC system smother in the disgrace they have brought on themselves.
Just so you know- this is pretty much the vendetta of one student- Rebecca Pierce, of UC Santa Cruz. She specifically didn't have the vote at her school because she knew Tammi's students would defend her. So its not just hypocritical, its chicken shit cowardly.
Amazing how the UC system has such stupid students getting into what is considered a "tier 1" university. From the nonsense put forth by "Berserkly", it appears that University maybe a bottom tier school. Let us see; The Berserker Senate puts forth that Tammi Benjamin is a racist. How is this? We have the Black, Latino, Pacific Islander, Asian and Caucasian races. Suddenly, we have the Palestinian race, which is a made up of a group of people who did not exist prior to 1946. Also, it is the Islamists who made up the term "Islamophobia". The term Islamophobia is the viperous veneer that covers what Gary has pointed out in a previous post. These are the concerns we all share and no amount of name calling can wash out a word, nor erase any line of it:
"It appears that no resolutions were passed regarding the on-going massacres in Syria.
Nor the persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt, the attacks on their churches, and the violence as the Muslim Brotherhood cements its grip on that country.
Nor the missiles fired into Southern Israel by Hamas in Gaza.
Nor the strife in Yemen as the last remaining Jews attempt to get out of the country and al Qaeda runs amok.
Nor the continuing bloodshed in Libya including the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi that killed 4 Americans including our ambassador.
Nor the Islamist-driven civil war in Mali.
Nor the constant terror attacks against Christians in Nigeria.
Nor the genocidal situation in Darfur as Islamists in North Sudan continue to threaten the black Christians and animists in South Sudan.
Nor the on-going bombings in Iraq as Sunni and Shia continue to kill each other and Christians flee persecution.
Nor the dwindling Christian population of Lebanon under Hizbollah
Nor the continuing killings and terror attacks in Afghanistan.
Nor the continuing terror attacks and killings in Pakistan as Christians continue to be persecuted as well as Ahmadi Muslims.
Nor the constant human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and second class status for women.
Nor the continuing development of nuclear weapons in Iran, the persecution of Baha'i and Christians and threat to world peace.
Nor the daily assaults and harassment against Jews in European cities by Muslim immigrants.
No. It is all about Israel, a tiny democratic country where Arabs enjoy more rights that anywhere else in the region surrounded and threatened by barbaric, Jew-hating nations where human rights do not exist.
How ridiculous these university campuses look."
More than that. Prof. David Klein's rancid anti-Israel spewings at CSU Northridge are protected as "academic freedom". Farakan's racists rants were "protected free speech" at UC Berkeley. But when a Jewish woman opens her mouth- then its "hate speech". The very sad part of all this is that the ASUC student Senate had no idea how bigoted their decision was. They were exaulting in their self-righteousness.
Great points, Squid! It is a stunning display of the obsession with Israel and a complete unawareness of the daily atrocities in the Muslim world.
It is a chosen ignorance.
One minor correction, the Palestinian proclaimed sense of self-awareness, unique aspirations for statehood, commonality of purpose, etc. did not come about until after 1967 (not 1946) ... when Jordan ceased to administer the West Bank (as a consequence of losing the war with Israel). As it happens there is no difference in language, religion, racial type, etc. between the Jordanians and the Palestinians. Or, as a matter of fact, between the Palestinians and the Egyptians, Syrians, or Lebanese either. That kinship did not prevent the Jordanians from killing over 10 thousand Palestinians during "Black September" when it appeared the Palestinians would like to become part of or take over the Jordanian government.
Tammi isn't racist. She's arrogant, long-winded, incoherent, and ineffectual.
This is what happens to you if you speak out on anti-Semitism on UC Campuses
Gary Fouse posts your picture, with Nazi regalia edited in covering the gate?
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