Oberlin Professor Thanks Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Website for Support

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Joy Karega, the Oberlin College professor whose support for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel conspiracy theories was first reported last week by The Tower, offered her thanks for an article at the conspiracy site Veterans Today that claimed she spoke “honestly about 9/11 and the two 2015 Paris false flags.”

In a Facebook post on Thursday that quoted a portion of the article, Karega wrote:

Grateful for this article from Kevin Barrett. Also, grateful for Robin Kelley and the support I’ve gotten from other folks who are close to me and folks I don’t even know who have sent their support through email, calls, etc. Overwhelmed with gratitude. While I continue to receive emails, messages, etc that are filled with slurs (racial, misogynist, and classist), harassment, and threats, this escalation in support has been encouraging. I love what Barrett is proposing here in this article with this debate (and access to scholarship).

“A rabid little Fox is drooling and gnashing its teeth. But that hasn’t stopped Oberlin College from respecting the academic freedom of Professor Joy Karega, who is being witch-hunted by the neocon-Zionist network for speaking honestly about 9/11 and the two 2015 Paris false flags.”

http://www.thetower.org/3045-oberlin-professor-thanks-anti-semitic-conspiracy-website-for-support/

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1. Chairman of Oberlin Trustees: Joy Karega’s Posts “Abhorrent,” Swift Review Needed

Responding to mounting criticism, Oberlin College Board of Trustees chair Clyde McGregor issued a statement Saturday criticizing the school’s response to the Facebook posts of Prof. Joy Karega. Karega’s claims, which included the belief that the Jewish Rothschild family secretly owns most of the world’s central banks and that Israel was behind the 9/11 and Charlie Hebdo terror attacks, were first revealed by The Tower last week.

“At our quarterly Board meeting yesterday, the Trustees of Oberlin College discussed postings on social media by an Oberlin faculty member,” McGregor said.

These postings are anti-Semitic and abhorrent. We deplore anti-Semitism and all other forms of bigotry. They have no place at Oberlin.

These grave issues must be considered expeditiously. In consultation with President Marvin Krislov, the Board has asked the administration and faculty to challenge the assertion that there is any justification for these repugnant postings and to report back to the Board.

From its founding, Oberlin College has stood for inclusion, respect, and tolerance. We still do.

http://www.thetower.org/breaking-chairman-of-oberlin-trustees-joy-karegas-posts-abhorrent-calls-for-swift-review/