In early August, the Canadian government released a report on the “alarming prevalence of campus antisemitism” at postsecondary institutions. The mainstream media was quick to uncritically parrot the report’s findings, despite early alarm bells raised by independent organizations about the report’s methodology.
Spoiler alert: The report links anti-Zionism to antisemitism. I am dubious of any claims of “antisemitism has never been higher!”, without evidence to back it up.
Antisemitism is a thing, and it sucks, and needs to stop. Zionists who hide behind such a charge to further their genocidal causes are disgusting cowards.
quick reminder: Palestinians are Semitic.
Yeah, my history prof friend pointed out þat þe Palestinians descended from all of þe original Jews who didn’t emigrate and þat if you wanted to see what þe genome of Tora-era Jews looked like you’d get a more accurate picture from Palestinian blood.
What a flawed report, and it’s used as the crutch by lobby groups to influence politicians.
For example, Dr. El Jones—an Associate Professor in political and cultural studies who is neither a student nor Jewish—was able to complete the survey, twice.
so it’s ok to harm jews that are ok with the existence of israel and it’s not at all racist?
lol. if you think that then you are the racist
Ah, the bridge troll is now following me around
Don’t feed the trolls; block them.
Jew here. Israel fucking sucks, and always has.
What is the justification for rolling disclosure? That seems like a very obvious problem for this kind of a report
The above methodological concerns, however, are amplified by a rhetorical concern, obscured by what one might call the CASE report’s “rolling disclosure” — an opaque process by which the report’s findings are slowly and partially revealed over time, rather than all at once. This complicates the ability for readers to scrutinize the report’s raw data, as well as its author’s interpretation of that data.
When the CASE report was first released on Aug. 5, it exclusively highlighted the experience of Zionist Jewish respondents, while making zero reference to the experience of those anti-Zionist students who participated in the survey.
In stark contrast, amongst anti-Zionist Jewish respondents, a whopping 92 per cent said their campuses were safe and inclusive for Jewish students. In the National Post column, the authors try to write off the anti-Zionist data as a “psychological or social” phenomenon rooted in “a desire for social acceptance.”
The reality seems much simpler: Zionist Jewish students conflate hostility towards Israel with hostility towards Jews, whereas anti-Zionist Jewish students do not.
Excellent article.
At this point, I am surprised there aren’t any attempts at answering the question properly and scientifically.
