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#Breaking: The @HinduAmerican's complaint against @Penn with US Dept of Education over #DGHconference & discriminatory "field manual" makes headlines.
Underscores landmark nature of HAF's action representing the #HinduAmerican community. @ssnyderinq
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Underscores landmark nature of HAF's action representing the #HinduAmerican community. @ssnyderinq
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inquirer.com/news/hindu-fou…
“When an...entire religious tradition and its people are painted as dangerous, bigoted, an anathema to democratic ideals, you have no choice but to defend yourself."
Penn professor and student also quoted, opposing conflating of political problems in India with Hinduism." 2/
Penn professor and student also quoted, opposing conflating of political problems in India with Hinduism." 2/
Truschke is featured, since she's co-author, with @Penn's Prof. Soneji of "field manual" which:
-targets students for having "Hindu-centric ideas"
-peddles Brahmanism slur
-frames ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus as a voluntary departure.
Maybe👆missed the editorial cut.
-targets students for having "Hindu-centric ideas"
-peddles Brahmanism slur
-frames ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus as a voluntary departure.
Maybe👆missed the editorial cut.
#Breaking: @HinduAmerican files Title VI complaint with @usdoegov @EDcivilrights over @Penn's involvement with #DGHConference.
The historic submission states that @Penn's involvement was part of a pattern of hostility towards Hindu students/faculty. 1/
hinduamerican.org/press/universi…
The historic submission states that @Penn's involvement was part of a pattern of hostility towards Hindu students/faculty. 1/
hinduamerican.org/press/universi…
@HinduAmerican's complaint asks for an investigation to determine whether @Penn's @SouthAsiaPenn & key faculty created a hostile environment for students and faculty and whether they misused federal funds in co-sponsoring #dghconference 2/
Complaint also states that @Penn faculty are involved in developing & promoting a “harassment field manual” that promotes negative stereotypes, slurs, & distorted facts about Hindus, denies #Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu hatred, and specifically targets Hindu students for censure 3/
Reflecting on #dghconference, this was among the most disturbing moments. The same speaker @CeMIS_unigoe who made that repulsive phallus metaphor, put up photos of two men named in the #Cisco case with a casteist slur. They were rendered mute victims of a public spectacle.
Activist-scholars like the one from @CeMIS_unigoe & those in the US pushing for a caste category actually believe that Hindus are so entirely abhorrent that they should be marked a suspicious class and targeted based on their race, national origin, ethnicity, & religion.
It crystallizes for me why we're seeking intervention in the #Cisco case. If caste activists succeeded, companies, states & counties could police one community --Indians & Hindus -- tar them & internationalize names based on allegations alone. This is our formal stance👇 
Several HSC leaders participated in @TimesNow's primetime panel with @PadmajaJoshi on the inherently Hinduphobic assertions of & potential harm to Hindu American students from the #dghconference. The full video will be available tomorrow, but here are some highlights. 👇
@TimesNow @PadmajaJoshi Here, HSC President @thekejemon, explains why Hindu students are concerned about #dghconference: because of the rise in on-campus Hinduphobia in recent years.
HSC Trustee @parthparihar explains that #dghconference claims "Hinduphobia does not exist," which does not comport with Hindu student experiences.
