U of Michigan fires [racist] DEI official over purported antisemitic comments. U of Michigan fires Rachel Dawson, director of an office for multicultural initiatives, over alleged antisemitic comments made in private.

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-14 22:51:47 | Updated at 2024-12-15 02:01:13 3 hours ago

U of Michigan fires [racist] DEI official over purported antisemitic comments. U of Michigan fires Rachel Dawson, director of an office for multicultural initiatives, over alleged antisemitic comments made in private.
INN ^ | 12.12l4.24 | Andrew Lapin, JTA

Posted on 12/14/2024 2:46:01 PM PST by Words Matter

The University of Michigan has fired a director in its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office owing to antisemitic comments she made to Jewish professors at a spring conference. The New York Times first reported the firing, which a person with insight into the university’s governing body confirmed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Friday. The development comes amid widespread tensions over how Jews fit into DEI programs at universities and other institutions. The staffer in question, Rachel Dawson, was the director of an office for multicultural initiatives. She was officially fired on Thursday after multiple members of the school’s Board of Regents were angered by the university’s initially lax response to her comments, according to the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the incident. Dawson had privately remarked in March that “the university is controlled by ... Jews”; that “we don’t work with Jews” ...and and that “Jewish people have no genetic DNA that would connect them to the land of Israel,” .

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: dei; farrakhan; moidei; noi; racheldawson; universityofmichigan

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