Thread by @HinduphobiaConf

Will the champions of academic freedom stand with Hindu scholars and stand against Hinduphobia?

@indumathi37 @parthparihar @hinduprof @aravindasharma @RaniRosser Meenakshi Jain @vjgtweets @HindooHistory @RutgersHSC @hinduoncampus @HinduStudentsC @RashmiDVS

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The DGH conference description is filled with distortions and intellectual dishonesty. It's disturbingly violent. Look at the imagery.

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Look at the Conference Propaganda versus the facts. How exactly does this classify as "academic freedom"?
@NorthwesternU @UofPenn @Harvard @UofWA @Princeton @Stanford @ucsc @OhioState @McMasterU @Cornell @UCBerkeley @Columbia @SyracuseU @UTAustin @EmoryUniversity @UCSanDiego

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These numbers were reported by Ehsan Shayegan, an Afghan researcher with Porsesh Research and Studies Organization studying the minority religions of Kabul.

@StMarysU @UChicago @CUBoulder @thisisUIC @UMassAmherst @UMich @USC @UVA @UWMadison @yorkuniversity

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This kind of distorting, silencing, and demonizing of Hindus and Hinduism has always been a part of the Western Academy.

@nyuniversity @UMassBoston @BostonCollege @Concordia @DalhousieU @DrewUniversity @Georgetown @LehighU @RutgersU @Illinois_Alma

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More awareness and more access to their elitist spaces means more data.

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But remember...Understanding Hinduphobia was much more than a one-time event. It is a rich, rigorous resource available to everyone at understandinghinduphobia.org. The tools for unpacking the blatant Hinduphobia at DGH are right there. (Look how we used them on Slide 3!)

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Take a break from doomscrolling! Visit the site, watch a few sessions, learn the Working Definition... you'll understand why these scholars keep avoiding it. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

Tweet out what you learned to help others advocate more effectively. #UnderstandingHinduphobia

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As for the 40+ Institutions that are sponsoring DGH - will you sponsor UH 2022?

Let's get #SponsorUH2022 trending!