1/2 Readers ask if I was not too harsh calling Abdulhadi "racist". My answer: What would you call a guest lecturer who comes to your university saying "Muslims are terrorists, but I have nothing against Muslims who disavow Mohammad". Evidently, archaeology professors think it'shttps://twitter.com/bandlersbanter/status/1130946454350991360 …
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The question of how to value identity outside of the academic context is a different one than inside. Since it matters largely when it becomes a tool of political strife and competition for resources, it may be naive to ask that everyone holds each identity in the same regard.
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Naive it may be, but it need to be aspired to, and if no one says the word "racist" students may get the idea that Adulhadi is a normal person, perhaps even an "educator", so perhaps I and my Zionist colleagues are indeed "white supremacists" . Sorry. She is just a Zionophobe.
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It is not "sacralization" but common decency. There is such a term in English called "racism", which is sometimes used improperly and sometimes properly. University administrators often condemn hate speeches that take place on their watch, to set the norms right. No sacralization
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I fully agree! the norms must be set in such a way that people with different cultural backgrounds can work together with decency and mutual respect. (The notion of hatespeech seems to have sometimes become a tool to fight for political dominance within academia too, however.)
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