BREAKING: According to Massachusetts lawmakers, “Antisemitism in Massachusetts K-12 public schools is a pervasive and escalating problem, with a large number of reported incidents of hate, bullying, harassment and discrimination experienced by families and teachers.” 🧵
“Many victims of antisemitic incidents do not report cases due to fear of retaliation and harassment or the sense that reporting an incident will not lead to any response by the school.”
“Massachusetts public school students have reported being exposed to content and curriculum that contains inaccurate, decontextualized, and harmful material around Israel and the Jewish people.“
I spent today reading through the @EdWorkforceCmte’s 325-page report on antisemitism, and I noticed that it cites Twitter nearly two dozen times. Here are all 23 cited tweets, in order of appearance. 🧵
1. “Masked encampment members denied Jewish students and the media access to areas of campus, as uniformed Student Affairs Mitigators and Public Safety Aides stood idly by.” (27)
2. “Harvard’s lack of a prompt response to this disturbing statement drew harsh rebukes from numerous Harvard students, faculty, staff, and alumni,” including former Harvard President Larry Summers. (34)