Cornell Pres resigned?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of parental pressure. Ppl are angry with how she’s handled things with the protests. Threats to pull kids etc.

Very large Jewish population (30%??)

Please stop this. There's also lots of Qatari money coming to Cornell. Unless you are in the inner circle right now, you have no basis for suggesting that either of those things was responsible, and it is the height of irresponsibility to attribute this to a particular group of parents (or a country for that matter). No doubt the wear and tear of this past year played into the decision of this retirement-aged president to retire, but as both an alum and a current parent, I have seen no seriously organized effort through either channel to do more than vent about her.

Umm. I’m Jewish. And a Cornell parent. And a part of the parents group on FB. People are incensed by her inaction and inability to protect Hillel. Look at the statements coming from Hillel and the need for private security.

She’s “both sided” this issue from the beginning.

Good riddance.

Because there are TWO sides to this.

The side that envisions a future where Palestinians aren't second class citizens (or bomb fodder) to Jews in Israel. The side who accepts a two state solution.

And the side that thinks Israel should disappear or that it's OK to mass murder Gazan civilians to catch Hamas, and then continue to have open air prisons for Palestinians because they're worth less than slaves and aren't actually human. Yes, those groups of people are both evil and deserve one another: we should gather them all up, put them in an arena and let them kill each other with bare hands while we create two States.

I have seen a lot more openly-allowed anti-Arab and Islamophobic sentiment in the US than anti-Semitic screeds. People don't notice because here it's considered normal and acceptable to express wariness, if not hatred, of Arabs and Muslims. Practically no one reports those comments to any higher-ups. Parents in the youth orchestra group my kids attend discuss these things openly.

- white European who is neither Arab, Muslim, or Jewish, but who has lived in many countries and knows the US is alone on the world stage in its support for an Israeli assault on Gaza that has gone entirely too far.

You’re a white European making these comments. Consider me not surprised.

[Anonymous]

Isn't this thread about Cornell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parental pressure. Ppl are angry with how she’s handled things with the protests. Threats to pull kids etc.

Very large Jewish population (30%??)

Please stop this. There's also lots of Qatari money coming to Cornell. Unless you are in the inner circle right now, you have no basis for suggesting that either of those things was responsible, and it is the height of irresponsibility to attribute this to a particular group of parents (or a country for that matter). No doubt the wear and tear of this past year played into the decision of this retirement-aged president to retire, but as both an alum and a current parent, I have seen no seriously organized effort through either channel to do more than vent about her.

Umm. I’m Jewish. And a Cornell parent. And a part of the parents group on FB. People are incensed by her inaction and inability to protect Hillel. Look at the statements coming from Hillel and the need for private security.

She’s “both sided” this issue from the beginning.

Good riddance.

Because there are TWO sides to this.

The side that envisions a future where Palestinians aren't second class citizens (or bomb fodder) to Jews in Israel. The side who accepts a two state solution.

And the side that thinks Israel should disappear or that it's OK to mass murder Gazan civilians to catch Hamas, and then continue to have open air prisons for Palestinians because they're worth less than slaves and aren't actually human. Yes, those groups of people are both evil and deserve one another: we should gather them all up, put them in an arena and let them kill each other with bare hands while we create two States.

I have seen a lot more openly-allowed anti-Arab and Islamophobic sentiment in the US than anti-Semitic screeds. People don't notice because here it's considered normal and acceptable to express wariness, if not hatred, of Arabs and Muslims. Practically no one reports those comments to any higher-ups. Parents in the youth orchestra group my kids attend discuss these things openly.

- white European who is neither Arab, Muslim, or Jewish, but who has lived in many countries and knows the US is alone on the world stage in its support for an Israeli assault on Gaza that has gone entirely too far.

You’re a white European making these comments. Consider me not surprised.

I am a Black African immigrant and I agree completely with the white European comments above. The way the Palestinians are treated are 100 times worse than the colonizers treated my greatgrandparents, grandparents and parents.

Ireland and Spain have the right approach here, recognizing a Palestinian state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parental pressure. Ppl are angry with how she’s handled things with the protests. Threats to pull kids etc.

Very large Jewish population (30%??)

Please stop this. There's also lots of Qatari money coming to Cornell. Unless you are in the inner circle right now, you have no basis for suggesting that either of those things was responsible, and it is the height of irresponsibility to attribute this to a particular group of parents (or a country for that matter). No doubt the wear and tear of this past year played into the decision of this retirement-aged president to retire, but as both an alum and a current parent, I have seen no seriously organized effort through either channel to do more than vent about her.

Umm. I’m Jewish. And a Cornell parent. And a part of the parents group on FB. People are incensed by her inaction and inability to protect Hillel. Look at the statements coming from Hillel and the need for private security.

She’s “both sided” this issue from the beginning.

Good riddance.

Because there are TWO sides to this.

The side that envisions a future where Palestinians aren't second class citizens (or bomb fodder) to Jews in Israel. The side who accepts a two state solution.

And the side that thinks Israel should disappear or that it's OK to mass murder Gazan civilians to catch Hamas, and then continue to have open air prisons for Palestinians because they're worth less than slaves and aren't actually human. Yes, those groups of people are both evil and deserve one another: we should gather them all up, put them in an arena and let them kill each other with bare hands while we create two States.

I have seen a lot more openly-allowed anti-Arab and Islamophobic sentiment in the US than anti-Semitic screeds. People don't notice because here it's considered normal and acceptable to express wariness, if not hatred, of Arabs and Muslims. Practically no one reports those comments to any higher-ups. Parents in the youth orchestra group my kids attend discuss these things openly.

- white European who is neither Arab, Muslim, or Jewish, but who has lived in many countries and knows the US is alone on the world stage in its support for an Israeli assault on Gaza that has gone entirely too far.

Well said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parental pressure. Ppl are angry with how she’s handled things with the protests. Threats to pull kids etc.

Very large Jewish population (30%??)

Please stop this. There's also lots of Qatari money coming to Cornell. Unless you are in the inner circle right now, you have no basis for suggesting that either of those things was responsible, and it is the height of irresponsibility to attribute this to a particular group of parents (or a country for that matter). No doubt the wear and tear of this past year played into the decision of this retirement-aged president to retire, but as both an alum and a current parent, I have seen no seriously organized effort through either channel to do more than vent about her.

Umm. I’m Jewish. And a Cornell parent. And a part of the parents group on FB. People are incensed by her inaction and inability to protect Hillel. Look at the statements coming from Hillel and the need for private security.

She’s “both sided” this issue from the beginning.

Good riddance.

Because there are TWO sides to this.

The side that envisions a future where Palestinians aren't second class citizens (or bomb fodder) to Jews in Israel. The side who accepts a two state solution.

And the side that thinks Israel should disappear or that it's OK to mass murder Gazan civilians to catch Hamas, and then continue to have open air prisons for Palestinians because they're worth less than slaves and aren't actually human. Yes, those groups of people are both evil and deserve one another: we should gather them all up, put them in an arena and let them kill each other with bare hands while we create two States.

I have seen a lot more openly-allowed anti-Arab and Islamophobic sentiment in the US than anti-Semitic screeds. People don't notice because here it's considered normal and acceptable to express wariness, if not hatred, of Arabs and Muslims. Practically no one reports those comments to any higher-ups. Parents in the youth orchestra group my kids attend discuss these things openly.

- white European who is neither Arab, Muslim, or Jewish, but who has lived in many countries and knows the US is alone on the world stage in its support for an Israeli assault on Gaza that has gone entirely too far.

Pro-Israeli sentiment is high in Europe and Australia as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this thread about Cornell?

Yes, what does any of this have to do with Cornell?