Following a humiliating and illuminating Congressional hearing, U Penn president Liz Magill resigned her position. It was richly deserved, after her embarrassing remarks at the hearing and her costing the college hundreds of millions of dollars in donations.
But the problems U Penn (and Harvard, and Columbia, and MIT) have are not going to be solved with Magill's departure.
This is a good start, but a proverbial drop in the bucket.
And Jewish students on the U Penn campus agree.
Jewish students at UPenn say Magill’s resignation isn’t enough: ‘A lot still needs to change’ https://t.co/PAp52IlWPt pic.twitter.com/58qeF2DRfU
— New York Post (@nypost) December 10, 2023
Jewish students at the University of Pennsylvania said the resignation of President Liz Magill and Chairman Scott Bok was not enough to make them feel safe following a series of antisemitic incidents, arguing that further “change” at the school was necessary.
“There’s a realization that one step is over,” junior Akiva Berkowitz told USA Today outside of Steinhardt Hall, home to the school’s Hillel club. “But the process is not and I don’t want people to think this is the end.”
The student was reacting to Magill and Bok’s resignation on Saturday, adding: “Many things still need to happen. A lot still needs to change.”
Sophomore Jack Cohen said despite Magill and Bok’s resignation, “It’s not comfortable here” and demanded that more be done.
“At the end of the day, we want to see more change,” he said. “We want to feel more supported."
There needs to be significant change on campuses across the nation.
https://t.co/obazhnnou9 pic.twitter.com/nW8Lq2y1Hq
— Shadow Wolf 🐺🇺🇸 (@WOLF_W1990) December 11, 2023
Very true.
Good keep the pressure up.
— The Kingmaker 👑 (@KingMaker4570) December 11, 2023
Yes.
Must be so difficult to be a Jewish student on that campus right now.
— TaraVision.x (@TheRealTara) December 11, 2023
We can't even imagine.
There is no other group who would be subjected to as much abuse and vitriol as Jews on campuses have been for a while, and it's only gotten worse since October 7.
Purge the DEI mafia and rework the curriculum (no more crazy programs) and make hiring and tenure decisions based only on merit, duh
— TonyS🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@TonySamBoat) December 11, 2023
This is the solution. And it's so simple it'll never happen.
Get whole DEI department scrapped. That's how they got into power and next one will do worst job.
— Rick Yang (@LRickyyang) December 11, 2023
DEI needs to go. It laid the groundwork for the antisemitism we see today. End DEI and you end antisemitism on campus.
The resignation of a uni president over a congressional hearing blunder is just the tip of the iceberg. Our universities are straying from their core value of free speech. It's time for a systemic change to bring back open dialogue and diverse perspectives in academia.
— Dr Non (@nonarkara) December 11, 2023
The reform cannot come soon enough.
Magill defended the status quo. The status quo is Jewish students made unwelcome on their own campus. https://t.co/bx1leaWL4o
— Melissa Braunstein (@slowhoneybee) December 11, 2023
Yes, she did. So did a lot of university presidents, and faculty. Which is why systemic change has to happen.
And they are right- she is still a member of the UPenn staff. End DEI now! https://t.co/CCJ6nnfRqz
— Sue Ellen (@EstergrenSue) December 11, 2023
And while it's upsetting she's a tenured professor, she is a tenured professor. It's unlikely she'll stay, given that she's been demoted from the boss of her colleagues to their peer. But the behavior of students and faculty needs to be addressed, up to and including being terminated (which can happen despite tenure).
This is what absolute and total control over institutions looks like. Even in victory, you make more and more demands until there is no one left that is willing to cross you. Right wingers should take notice but I digress.. https://t.co/3oEcCh5HNY
— Frank Butcher (@FrankButcher81) December 10, 2023
Ceding academia, the media, and popular culture to the Left was a huge mistake on the part of the right. Huge. Because politics is downstream of culture.
An entire paradigm shift is required to fix this. And that takes time.
The colleges and universities that are allowing antisemitism to flourish on campus would never tolerate any criticism, comment, or discussion about their preferred groups (on the Harvard campus, 'sizeism' is 'violence', but calls for Jewish genocide is not).
The sooner that changes, the better we'll all be.
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