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#Breaking: @Penn’s faculty are sharing info of a anti-Indian conference that will discuss how “Indian Brahmins created casteist and Islamophobic barriers against Bengali Muslims.”

This singling out of Indian Hindus is identical to the rhetoric that led to the 1971 genocide.
This is the downstream effect of the surge in casteist activism that @cmkshama ignited in @SeattleCouncil & is promoted by @penn faculty—some who also co-sponsored #DGH.

Pakistani news outlets carry identical slurs against "upper caste Hindus" justifying the 1971 Hindu genocide
This increase in IDing Hindus by assigning "caste" can only target students @penn marked as "upper caste." The fact that actual professors @penn are disseminating hateful material like this under the guise of "academic freedom" unveils an intimidatory climate on campus.
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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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“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/
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.
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Back again at 27 King's College Circle, Toronto, to protest against U of Toronto's support for #DGH.
Initial glance shows a different crowd of Hindus have come today, plus some old regulars.

U of Toronto

#DGH
Ram Subrahmanian is back again, with a fiery speech. At the University of Toronto.

#DGH
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#REVEALED: Many @dghconference speakers previously promoted #AntiSemitic petition.

@abhashankar1 reports #DGH speakers endorsed a statement saying:
-"Zionist Israel is the only state in the world that is NOT a state of its own citizens"
-Israel is an "inherently racist state"
Patwardhan, Sundar & Krishnan signed petition calling on India to join "socialist" Cuba & Venenzuela in "de-recognizing" & sanctioning Israel, calling it a "Zionist apartheid state."

Krishnan promoted PFLP that US designates a foreign terrorist org (FTO)
investigativeproject.org/8988/speakers-…
Criticism of India & Israel is fair game. But the collapsing of that criticism into grossly #AntiSemitic & #Hinduphobic tropes by radical activists is outrageous and must be condemned.

Instead, #DGH platforms the activists at an event supported by depts at dozens of schools.
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A hopeful 🧵re: improving #globalhealth through #Decolonizingglobalhealth #antiracism efforts—some examples of positive change:

@DGH_LSHTM & #blacklivesmatter groups gathered signatures from 100's of staff, students, & alumni calling for leadership to examine the school's past
...listen to personal accounts of discrimination.

These groups have influenced the hiring of a postdoc to research it’s #colonial history & legacy. We wrote about Her findings & the calls for change from #DGH & #BLM groups & hope the leadership will act.
Other global #publichealth universities like @dukedecolonize @KarolinskaDGH @EdinburghUni @DecolonizeGh (@HarvardChanSPH) have hosted conferences to critically examine & challenge west/white centric curricula

One of my faves is here:
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