Video of incendiary comments by one of the leaders of the student protest encampment at Columbia University surfaced online Thursday evening, forcing the school to again confront an issue at the core of the conflict rippling across campuses nationwide: the tension between pro-Palestinian activism and antisemitism.
The student, Khymani James, said in the January video that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” and “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”
Mr. James made the comments during and after a disciplinary hearing with Columbia administrators that he recorded and then posted on Instagram.
No, I don’t think it is ok. Racism in general does need to die though. They are using antisemitism to shut down legit discussions and hide the slaughter and genocide in Gaza.
Killing racism =/= killing racists. You kill racism with education and exposure to unfamiliar cultures and peoples.