All of This Because of Political Speech
The University of California’s turning over of dossiers on 160 people under investigation for antisemitism, including Judith Butler, to the Trump administration has strong echoes of McCarthyism.
Judith Butler speaking on Zionism at the Jewish Museum on September 15, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Target Presse Agentur Gmbh / Getty Images)
Judith Butler is one of 160 faculty, students, and staff members at UC Berkeley whose name the University of California has turned over to the Trump administration to help with the federal government’s investigation into alleged antisemitism on the Berkeley campus.
Let’s slow that statement down so we can understand its components more clearly.
Since February, Donald Trump’s Department of Education (DOE) has been investigating universities, including Berkeley and other University of California (UC) campuses, for their handling of alleged antisemitism on their campuses. In March, the Justice Department announced a separate but parallel investigation of the UC campuses.
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