Hillel accuses BDS activists of ‘colonizing’ student groups

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/02/activists-colonizing-student

Hillel at UCLA went so far in its denouncement as to claim that the coalition of student organizations which voted on the divestment measures “runs for election on a supposedly progressive platform, brings out their voters en masse, and succeeds in essentially colonizing various student leadership groups. When their leadership foothold is established, the being to use the group’s [sic] to pass their radical initiatives one after another.”

Students for Justice in Palestine board member and Palestinian-American Safwan Hamdi told Mondoweiss that, by “calling into question student groups’ partnering with ‘radical and marginal groups to create coalitions in which each group supports one another’s special interest projects,’ it seems Hillel’s email is attempting to vilify student efforts of intersectionality and solidarity. What they fail to realize is that our profiting from human rights abuses is something that affects all students.”

“This ‘radical and marginal coalition’ they speak of,” Hamdi said, “in fact consists of the underrepresented students and student groups across the UC system, from all walks of life, who otherwise have difficulty making their voices heard by administration, and who collectively oppose any and all forms of oppression.”

“Furthermore, it is highly insensitive and incredibly insulting for the author(s) of this email to accuse pro-divestment groups of ‘colonizing,’” Hamdi added, “considering the fact that many of these students and organizations come from backgrounds who have suffered from American and European colonization.”

[Scootaloo]

1. well, given Hillel's open and unabashed support for colonization, what's their issue?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. The irony is so fucking rich on that. No?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. Du Romani?

[bravenak]

3. Omg, colonizing?

Why is this a problem? I thought colonizing was the name of the game.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. Shhhh...

It's alright, but only for some people.

[bravenak]

9. I always forget the rules.

They change so often.

[Scootaloo]

6. Only for me, not for thee... see?

[bravenak]

10. Perfectly.

Fascist hamas supporters like me have these things drilled into our heads.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

7. Oh, BTW...

How's the great white north?

I bet we still have more snow; even with the melt.

[bravenak]

8. Hell, we have no snow really.

It's ugly and nasty outside. Stupid winter. I feel hot.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

11. Outside of Boston the third / fourth storm had dumped so much that

snow was cresting our kitchen window.

I spent four hours digging out my mom's property, with a snow blower, cutting through 3.5 ft drifts.


You just have to know what to do with it. I hate this guy.

http://www.wbur.org/2015/02/25/snow-sale-guy

[bravenak]

12. Such a crazy idea.

And people buy that? Omg. I've been wasting my winters. People would probably pay fo alaska snow.

[azurnoir]

13. list of student organizations doing the colonizing

UAW-2865, the student union representing over 13,000 student workers;
Mentors For Academic and Peer Support;
Graduate Students of Color Collective;
Afrikan Student Union;
Black Student Union;
Jewish Voice for Peace;
Armenian Students’ Association;
Student Affirmative Action Committee;
Improving Dreams Equality Access And Success (IDEAS), an immigrant rights groups;
El Congreso, a Latin@ student group;
Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Project;
Students Against Mass Incarceration;
Student Sustainability Collective;
Asian and Pacific-Islander Student Alliance;
Kaibigang Pilipin@, a Pilipin@-American student group;
South Asian Advocacy Group;
Coalition of South Asian Peoples;
Pakistani Student Association;
Afghan Student Association;
a variety of Arab student organizations;
many Muslim student organizations;
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