How am I? I am witnessing a genocide.
JVL Introduction
An Arab woman academic teaching in the United States was asked by her professor how she was after October 7. She said fine but she wished she’d told the truth.
She writes:
“How am I? I am witnessing a genocide. Every day brings unprecedented death and destruction. Every day we say it cannot possibly get worse. Every day it does…
“I am struggling to accept the deafening silence of those around me. Short of condemning the horrors that are unfolding in Palestine, I’ve seen a broad unwillingness to even recognize the heightened racism and the anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and anti-Muslim sentiment across the country and on campus…
“Right now, this moment requires visible and public support. I’ve been on college campuses for almost a decade now, watching people cry wolf over “free speech.” What hypocrisy, to now hang your students out to dry when they dare express their opinions…
Read the full statement below.
This article was originally published by nplus1 on Tue 19 Dec 2023. Read the original here.
How Am I? You are teaching me that history’s methodology is indifference.
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I agree, the silence is overpowering and appalling. The asymmetry of this struggle and historical context are not acknowledged. I find the political complicity in the US especially but also in the UK to be unpardonable.
Very powerful and vivid.
Heartbreaking. Enraging.