Harvard talks free speech but silences Palestine
Harvard talks free speech but silences Palestine
It stands up to the Trump administration’s sweeping demands, but bows to those of its own billionaire donors.
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As Harvard leaders proclaim their commitment to “viewpoint diversity”, we can rest assured that we will hear more from speakers like Jared Kushner, who spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School last year about his plan to “finish the job” and develop Gaza’s “valuable waterfront property”, instead of Palestinian child amputees whose plight might make us feel uncomfortable or complicit.
It is heartening that hundreds of university presidents signed a letter opposing President Trump’s attempted takeover of US higher education. But for decades, their institutions have eagerly bent to the will of billionaire donors.
And in this case, it's important to say that these billionaire donors are Jewish supremacist Bill Ackman and others like him.