To Jewish members of our community, and our general campus community,
On Thursday morning, we were made aware that an anti-Semitic slur was carved into a wooden chair in Meredith Hall. Drake public safety immediately removed the chair. This sort of hateful speech is completely unacceptable.
UNITY Roundtable is made up of 15 multicultural organizations. One of them is Hillel, a Jewish student organization that welcomes all people and celebrates the rich Jewish culture along with exploring diversity. This hate crime affects us directly and we will not be silent.
We vow to stand with our Jewish community on and off campus. You are important, loved, and valuable to all of us. No one should be attacked and intimidated in the place they call
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If you have any information that may help us do not hesitate to call Drake Public Safety at 515-271-2222
If you wish to make a report anonymously you can do so by submitting your statement at https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/24191/
No one can guarantee this will be the last hateful incident we witness on our campus, therefore, we ask you all to take care of and protect one another. Love can and will conquer hate. Our Jewish community needs us during this difficult time. You can stay aware of what Hillel plans in response by checking the Drake University Hillel Facebook page.
Be mindful, check up on your friends, and direct them to the resources they may need. We highly encourage those who are having a hard time due to the recent events that have occurred on our campus and across the nation to contact our Drake’s Counseling Center at (515) 271-3864. The counselors there receive training on how to engage people from a diverse background, and with a diverse set of needs.
Together, we will stand and fight for our right to religious and ethnic freedom on our campus.
Charles R. Lawrence intended audience in his article “On Racist Speech” is college students and universities. His sense of tone is forthcoming. Lawerence word choice sets the tone by using the words conspicuous,dissenter, and bigot. The article gives examples of how universities do not protect minority college students. Lawrence states that universities should protect their students He also gives an example of how universities have tried to have rules to ban racist speech yet they have proven ineffective in stopping racial slurs. The regulations have not stopped the verbal brutality yet it has stopped the occurrences of physical fights. He mentions how students do not have any need to be hurt verbally.
The film “Anatomy of hate” examines hate and prejudice towards different race or minorities in the modern society, through the examples of multiple groups which have specific ideologies or participate in violent conflicts. The director of the film Michael Ramsdell, spent six years working and filming such groups like: White Supremacist movement, Muslim extremists, the Westboro church Christian fundamentalists, Israeli-Palestinian movement, and US soldiers operating in Iraq.
In this article, Kasam explains her experience being a Muslim American on a college campus and the challenges she her and fellow Muslims face on campus. She explains how she is a club leader at Quinnipiac University for a Muslim group. She claims that there is not a lot of Muslims who attend that University. She also believes that many Muslims at the school are afraid of coming out and telling other people on campus that they are Muslims; keeping a low profile. She provides statistics on hate crimes against Muslims around the world, and she also expresses her concern to her Muslim friends on campus. This article was published in the College Xpress for mainly college students to view. Kasam is a staff writer for the Quinnipiac Chronicle who mainly writes stories about incidents on and around Quinnipiac University. This article will help me explain the various problems that Muslim students around college campuses face
In the following essay, Charles R. Lawrence encompasses a number of reasons that racist speech should not be protected by the First Amendment. In this document, he exhibits his views on the subject and what he feels the society should confront these problems. In this well- written article, he provides strong evidence to prove his point and to allow the reader to see all aspects of the issue.
Samuel ben Jacob (S): Hello gentlemen! Today, we, a group of old friends, have gathered in the city of Ephesus. Let us dine and discuss what it means to be “Christians”.
Because it is a Constitutional right, the concept of freedom of speech is hardly ever questioned. “On its most basic level [freedom of speech] means you can express an opinion without fear of censorship by the government, even if that opinion is an unpopular one” (Landmark Cases). However, the actions of Americans that are included under “free speech,” are often questioned. Many people support the theory of “free speech,” but may oppose particular practices of free speech that personally offend them. This hypocrisy is illustrated by the case of Neo-Nazis whose right to march in Skokie, Illinois in 1979 was protested by many, but ultimately successfully defended by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The residents of this predominantly Jewish town which contained many Holocaust survivors were offended by the presence of the Neo-Nazis. However, then ACLU Executive Director Aryeh Neier, who...
The great melting and land of opportunities is unfortunately not perfect, big shocker. Trying to unify different cultures and diverse views are not easy tasks, especially when deep hatreds trigger violence. Achieving groups and individuals across the United States attempt to deal with diversity issues that crop up daily in schools, neighborhoods, families, at work, courts and many other institutions and situations.
In the end no matter what beliefs one has we are all of one race, the human race, and through school lectures and government anti-bullying campaigns the future is looking brighter than ever before towards a world without anti-semitism, but even though we may be the closest we have ever been to eradicating this ugly ignorance, we still have a long road to go.
We need to report any anti-Muslim hatred and crime to someone with higher authority, they will handle the situation in the appropriate manner. We need to build awareness of this thing spreading around our nation; we need to put up posters and ads about stopping Islamophobia and anti-Muslims, more people need to be aware of the toxicity in America. We need to teach people that kind of toxicity in this nation or anywhere in the world in unacceptable. Some people just need to learn that Islamophobia is not a laughing matter and could harm others mentally and physically. The
In this world today, hate is becoming increasingly more abundant, especially as it concerns race. Whether it be an unarmed black man shot by a white police officer or the use of racial slurs towards someone, it seems like racism is all around us. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, it shows a little girl named Scout using racial slurs. Racism is so culturally accepted in the town that it’s okay to use racial slurs such as the N-Word that even Atticus, a lawyer representing a black man falsely accused of rape, uses it a couple of times. Earlier this year, the Ku Klux Klan, a group of white supremacists, held a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and proved that racism isn’t a thing of the past. In order to combat racism, groups of like-minded individuals with a common goal of making the world a more accepting place must come together to stand up
This is a serious issue that effects us all. Living in the most diverse society on earth makes each of us members of one or another minority, either racial, religious, ethnic, cultural, national origin, sexual. We are all vulnerable to this type of attack
“Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights. But we cannot be sure. All the great conceptual discoveries of the human intellect seem obvious and inescapable once they had been revealed, but it requires a special genius to formulate them for the first time. The Jews had this gift. To them we owe the idea of equality before the law, both divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of human person; of the individual conscience and so a personal redemption; of collective conscience and so of social responsibility; of peace as an abstract ideal and love as the foundation of justice, and many other items which constitute the basic moral furniture of the human mind. Without Jews it might have been a much emptier place” (Paul Johnson).
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and can tell a thousand tales. Just what exactly is this saying? (Visual of a bad snap shot… finger in shot)
My previous knowledge of Judaism and Jews was only what I saw in television sitcoms and movies, which satirically portrayed them as rich and traditional in nature. Embarking on this Comparative Religion course, I knew there would be some revelations on many of the religions being discussed but so far, Judaism has surprised me the most. This is not because of their spirituality, but there customs and strict adherence to tradition.
INTRODUCTION The Jewish word translated as “destiny” is “bashert” (), meaning fate, predestine, predetermine, preordain, and any fortuitous event. Jewish scholars believe God gives His boundless knowledge to all beings and assigns to each a certain mission or function. God’s knowledge includes all space and time. Yet, He is beyond time and space.