KC Johnson
Brooklyn College/@GC_CUNY history professor. Former Fulbright professor at @telavivuni; former track announcer at @ScarboroDowns & VT State Fair.
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Zion Williamson’s Injury and the Injustice of College Sports
The Duke star’s scary knee sprain highlights the fundamental wrong done to young athletes by the NCAA.
Court Rejects "Case Shows Up Online" Sealing Request
A sound order from White v. Chenenko, No. 1:18-cv-12108 (D. Mass. Jan. 2, 2019) (Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley): The motion to seal 8 is DENIED. The
Ambivalent Oral Argument in Fourth Circuit U-Maryland Case
On Tuesday, the Fourth Circuit held the twelfth oral argument in a lawsuit brought by an accused student in the post-Dear Colleague letter. The case originated at the University of Maryland; it rai…
KC Johnson
With audio clips: tough-to-call CA4 oral argument in @UofMaryland due process appeal. One judge highly sympathetic to the school; the other two on the fence.
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How to Live With Anti-Semitism—Without Being Defined by It
For European Jews, it’s like the flu: uncomfortable, occasionally deadly, but constantly with us.
Harvard Law professor faces backlash for defending Harvey Weinstein
On Monday, a group of students carrying signs like “Harvard’s Legacy? Ignoring Survivors” called on Harvard to remove Sullivan from his faculty dean position
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour is a crucial ally in the fight against antisemitism | Letter
Letter: Over 200 Jewish members and supporters of the Labour party sign a letter urging that anyone seeking an end to bigotry and racism should back Labour and Corbyn
Accused College Students Deserve the Presumption of Innocence
Nineteen attorneys general are lobbying against extending that right in Title IX cases on campus.
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KC Johnson
Must-read from @conor64 on one of the more troubling of the comments to the proposed TIX regs: the comment from 19 Dem AG's arguing against affording acc'd students the presumption of innocence
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Netanyahu’s despicable push to bring racists into Israel’s political mainstream
The PM is pressing the religious Zionist Jewish Home party to partner with the Kahanists of Otzma Yehudit. It makes cynical political sense for his interests, but what of Israel's?
Ilhan Omar apologizes to Jewish groups for hurt caused by AIPAC tweet
The Minnesota lawmaker said it was up to the Jewish community to define anti-Semitism.
Jussie Smollett and the No Good, Very Bad Tale
The news that Empire star Jussie Smollett may have orchestrated his own hate crime certainly came as a shock to much of America. Joe Jervis, however, wasn’t exactly surprised. Jervis, creator of the news blog Joe.My.God, has been covering...
What Is Happening To My Democratic Party?
If the Democratic Party wants to keep young Jewish liberals like me, it needs to make clear that it is the anti-Semitism that is the problem.
KC Johnson
Unfortunate that this perceptive @eshire piece needed to be written: "I do worry about the future, based on what I see from my peers, as well as leftist tastemakers online . . . and, yes, even some member of Congress representing my party."
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Joan Ryan becomes eighth Labour MP to quit, blaming 'culture of anti-Semitism’ under Corbyn leadership
An eighth Labour MP has quit the Labour Party to join a breakaway group after accusing Jeremy Corbyn of presiding over a “culture of anti-Semitism”.
New Briefs Filed in $3 Million Lawsuit Against University
The plaintiff’s lawyer in the $3 million lawsuit against BC filed briefs to the Mass. District Court arguing that the suit's scope should be wide-ranging.
KC Johnson
.@the_manofgold with the latest from the BC case: as it heads to trial, material from new briefs
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Labour MP Suggests Labour Split Group Is Funded By Israel -
Labour MP Ruth George has said that she will not condemn Labour members who assert that the new TIG group of former Labour MPs, fronted by Jewish MP Luciana Berger, is funded by the state of Israel. “Support from the State of Israel… is possible and...
Why identity politics has been so bad for Jews
Anti-Semitism is now fuelled by an identitarian view of Jews as hyper-white and privileged.
Jussie Smollett and a Perfect Crime
An object lesson in what happens when people in positions of political and cultural authority indulge their biases by suspending disbelief.
Farrakhan tells 'sweetheart' Rep. Omar not to apologize for Israel comments
Notorious Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan defended Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for implying on Twitter last week that the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC compensated lawmakers in exchange for supporting the Jewish state.
Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Is Introducing New Campus Sexual Assault Rules: Watch Out, Women
The president who’s been accused of more than one assault of his own says it’s “a very scary time” for “young men in America.” Hmm.
KC Johnson
Nothing original in this criticism of proposed TIX regs, but nonetheless bracing to see a highly-respected commentator (@carlsonmargaret) so cavalierly dismiss the value of cross-examination & minimize the effects of expulsion.
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