Schenectady High School email on how to 'ally with the Palestinians' stirs controversy
A recent schoolwide email at Schenectady High School suggesting educators refer to the actions of the Israeli government as “ethnic cleansing” and “colonialism” stirred concerns among staff and the broader Jewish community that school leaders were backing a “one-sided” view of the complex Middle Eastern conflict.
The email sent by the school’s “culturally-responsive committee,” which works to advance the school’s anti-racism and equity goals, offered staff across the school buildings resources on the Palestinian perspective and included a list of “words to use” in class when discussing the ongoing violence in the Middle East.
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The “words to use” list included: apartheid, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, boycott Israel, and anti-Zionism. “Words not to use” included: ‘clash, war, both sides and conflict.”
https://dailygazette.com/2021/05/29/schenectady-high-school-email-on-how-to-ally-with-the-palestinians-stirs-controversy/
This is not a well thought out, balanced article, but I thought I'd post it based on the events it tries and failed to report accurately.