A number of student groups that ostensibly promote “diversity” at Northwestern University are upset that university leaders have not endorsed the American Studies Association’s academic boycott of Israel. Among these groups is the Muslim-cultural Student Association.
The Daily Northwestern reports:
Students from several of Northwestern’s multicultural groups are calling on University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Dan Linzer to clarify a statement made in December rejecting the American Studies Association’s call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
Eighteen students from the Muslim-cultural Student Association, Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights, Students for Justice in Palestine and other groups released an open letter Dec. 23 opposing the University’s statement on human rights grounds and asking Schapiro and Linzer to make clear their stance is not representative of the entire university.
SESP sophomore Hazim Abdullah drafted the letter after reading Schapiro’s and Linzer’s announcement, emailed to the NU community Dec. 20. The statement said the University rejected the boycott and will continue its relationships and partnerships with Israeli academic institutions.
“We want people to know that the president and the provost don’t speak for us,” Abdullah said. “There are people who have almost been silenced by the official University position.”
In the open letter, the students said they believe the boycott brings to light human rights violations surrounding Israel’s occupation in the Palestinian territories…
Ironic to complain that you are being “silenced” when you are trying to “silence” all Israeli academics, don’t you think?
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