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(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 officer’s campus-wide email draws scornLike 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 university’s 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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