(Jewish Group) 'Advancement of ... anti-Semitism'? Error in U of Michigan diversity officer's email
Advancement of
anti-Semitism? Error in U of Michigan diversity officers campus-wide email draws scorn
Like many American universities today, the University of Michigan wants its community to know that it is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI.
But for Jews, an email its chief diversity officer sent today inadvertently communicated the opposite effect.
In a letter to all students, staff and faculty, Robert Sellers, the universitys vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, said the university must renew our commitment to the advancement of anti-racism, anti-ableism, anti-Semitism, gender equity and building a climate resistant to sexual misconduct.
The inclusion of the phrase anti-Semitism among a list of inclusion-focused terms the college intends to advance immediately turned heads.
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