We have been following the case of the University of Vermont over accusations of anti-Semitism by pro-Palestinian groups on campus, including a teaching assistant who openly talked about lowering grades for pro-Israel students. In addition, one incident involved rock-throwing at the campus Hillel center. To make matters worse, university president, Suresh Garimella has reacted angrily to complaints that the university is not taking action to protect its Jewish students.
Kenneth Marcus is the director of the Louis D Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, which filed a complaint against the university. He is also formerly the director of the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. He has written the below article criticizing Garimella's response. I am cross-posting it here.
Normally when these problems occur on campuses all over the country, university presidents make lofty comments from a cue card that the university "embraces the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion....blah blah blah, woof woof woof, quack quack quack." Garimella takes it a step further. He arrogantly attacks those who are complaining and basically says in effect to the Jewish students on his campus, "Too bad".
The University of Vermont is clearly not a welcoming place for Jewish students. Even worse is the fact that there don't seem to be many universities that are as long as administrators tremble and bow to the pro-Palestinian goons on their campuses.
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