Columbia students ask feds to probe alleged anti-Palestinian bias on campus
A group of Palestinian students at Columbia University has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, alleging university officials for months have discriminated against Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab students.on Thursday, following the arrests of more than 100 protesters at the “Gaza solidarity encampment” on the Columbia campus on
The claim is the latest in a series of complaints filed by Palestinian and Jewish students over alleged mistreatment by university officials since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the country’s ensuing siege on Gaza.Columbia in February over claims that administrators allowed "rampant antisemitism" to persist on campus, also invoking Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
The allegations include being called terrorists and “Jew killers,” being stereotyped as Hamas supporters or terrorists, harassment for wearing hijabs or Palestinian scarves called keffiyehs, doxxing, andthat led to hospitalizations, according to the complaint. In some cases, it says, administrators took months to respond to complaints of harassment.
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