#Breaking: More than 80 @calstate faculty send blistering letter to Cal State Chancellor @josephlcastro and Board of Trustees strongly opposing policy change that will discriminate against and target ONLY Indian & other South Asian faculty. hinduamerican.org/press/cal-stat…
The faculty letter, signed by faculty of all ethnicities and faiths, opposes @calstate’s announcing its intention to add “caste” to the system’s anti-discrimination policy as part of a collective bargaining agreement with CSU faculty.
“Since adding caste as a specific and separate protected category would apply only to faculty of Indian and South Asian descent, the faculty letter stated that the new policy would unfairly target a minority community for policing and disparate treatment.”
Lawyers @HinduAmerican, @SuhagAShukla, Samir Kalra, and Nikhil Joshi, also sent a letter to @calstate Board of Trustees, CSU General Counsel & @calstate’s @josephlcastro. HAF will file Freedom of Information and State Public Records Act requests & explore all legal options.
We @HinduAmerican are proud to join so many brave @calstate faculty in pushing back against this discriminatory step that creates a class category that is widely misunderstood, has no universally accepted definition, and is neither apparent, facially neutral nor inherent. #Resist
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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.
#Alert: US Chargé d'Affaires Atul Keshap is under personal/professional attack after doing what diplomats from Germany, Australia, UK, Singapore & dozens of EU countries did before--visiting RSS headquarters as part of routine diplomatic outreach in India.
Amb. Keshap made no endorsement & met several other civil society leaders during his honorable service & tenure. But @johnsifton@hrw@MalikMujahid & Pieter Friedrich, an operative funded by an @IAMCouncil founder, are brutally singling out Keshap as no other diplomat before. 2/
This pattern of attacking #HinduAmericans public servants--appointed or elected--to deny them positions or have them fired/censured for being "too close" to the Indian govt. is a standard too frequently & exclusively applied to Indian/Hindu Americans in public service.
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/
This report by @Aparna_Pande@husainhaqqani exposes ties including those mediated by convicted ISI spy Ghulam Nabi Fai with D.C. based Khalistan groups.
This section highlighting a network of Khalistan activism tied to @standwkashmir, @IAMCouncil and OFMI is a must read.
Worth noting that @HinduAmerican previously exposed ties of OFMI's Bhajan Singh Bhinder, subject of a federal investigation for allegedly attempting to smuggle missiles to "free Khalistan," with a California @TheDemocrats leader and Pieter Friedrich. hinduamerican.medium.com/why-the-democr…
We support freedom of expression and freedom of thought and belief. We also believe in the goodness of humanity to knowingly demonstrate kindness & compassion (ahimsa), while also being truthful (satya), thoughtful (viveka) & objective (vairagya).
@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."
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.