{"id":2213901,"date":"2024-04-05T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-to-host-speaker-who-charged-jews-benefit-from-white-privilege-creating-tension-with-people-of-color\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:39:33","slug":"columbia-law-school-to-host-speaker-who-charged-jews-benefit-from-white-privilege-creating-tension-with-people-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-to-host-speaker-who-charged-jews-benefit-from-white-privilege-creating-tension-with-people-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Law School invites controversial speaker, sparking tension over remarks on &#8216;White Privilege&#8217; and Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-law-school-to-host-speaker-who-charged-jews-benefit-from-white-privilege-creating-tension-with-people-of-color%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2213901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fatimah Gilliam argues that many \u200cJews benefit from white privilege due to their majority being white. Columbia Law School is set to host an event \u2062featuring Gilliam, a\u200b self-described \u2063&#8221;diversity disruptor,&#8221; discussing this topic. The event aims \u2062to provide advice on \u2062race-related interactions. Gilliam&#8217;s past comments on Jews,\u2064 people of \u2062color, \u2063and current\u2064 events add context \u2064to the \u200bupcoming discussion at \u2063Columbia\u200c Law School.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>&#8216;Many Jews\u2014not all Jews, but the majority of them\u2014are white, so they still experience white privilege,&#8217; says Fatimah Gilliam<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tJesse Lee Peterson, Fatimah Gilliam (The Fallen State, YouTube)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Columbia Law School is slated to host an event next week with a DEI author and alumna who said Jews benefit from &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; thus creating &#8220;some sort of tension&#8221; between Jews and &#8220;people of color.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fatimah Gilliam, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theazaragroup.com\/about\/our-team\/fatimah-gilliam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-described<\/a> &#8220;diversity disruptor,&#8221; is scheduled to headline a discussion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-school-student-letter-details-culture-of-bullying-at-university-of-north-carolina\/\" title=\"Law School Student Letter Details \u2018Culture Of Bullying\u2019 At University Of North Carolina\">elite law school<\/a> on Tuesday, a week before Columbia&#8217;s president, Minouche Shafik, will testify before Congress on her response to campus anti-Semitism. Gilliam&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/events\/fireside-chat-race-rules-author-fatimah-gilliam-01-2024-04-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a>, hosted by Columbia Law&#8217;s Office of Student Services and the Black Law Students Association, will provide attendees with &#8220;advice and talking points when interacting across race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s unclear if Gilliam will discuss interactions between Jewish people and &#8220;people of color,&#8221; the author has touched on the topic before. During a March 22 podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SHEbDTtaTrg&#038;t=1286s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a>, Gilliam argued that while Jewish people do experience discrimination, they also benefit from &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; creating what she says is &#8220;the source of some tension&#8221; between Jews and &#8220;people of color.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s, like, how there could be an affinity between blacks\u2014people of color\u2014and Jews, is this common experience of marginalization and discrimination,&#8221; said Gilliam. &#8220;But then at the same time, many Jews\u2014not all Jews, but the majority of them\u2014are white, so they still experience white privilege and some of the benefits that come with being white. And so I think that could be the source of some tension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Columbia Law&#8217;s decision to host Gilliam comes as the Ivy League institution faces criticism over its response to campus anti-Semitism. Shafik and Columbia Board of Trustees co-chairs David Greenwald and Claire Shipman are <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/columbia-president-will-testify-before-congress-on-response-to-campus-anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slated<\/a> to testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 17. Greenwald serves on Columbia Law School&#8217;s Dean&#8217;s Council.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia Law School did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her &#8220;white privilege&#8221; comment toward Jews, Gilliam penned a February <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/4480018-biden-must-work-harder-to-earn-this-black-womans-vote\/%5D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> for <em>The Hill<\/em> that accused Israel of &#8220;plausibly&#8221; committing genocide. Gilliam said she was &#8220;complicit&#8221; in that genocide &#8220;as an American.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a Black woman who values life and a former United Nations World Food Programme professional, it&#8217;s hard to vote for a president complicit in what the UN International Court of Justice said is plausibly genocide, who has made me equally complicit as an American,&#8221; wrote Gilliam.<\/p>\n<p>Following Claudine Gay&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-in-disgrace-amid-plagiarism-anti-semitism-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resignation<\/a> in January as president of Harvard University, meanwhile, Gilliam said Gay was a victim of &#8220;Trojan horse racism&#8221; that was &#8220;hidden under claims of plagiarism and antisemitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way Claudine Gay was targeted reveals old-school racism that&#8217;s hidden under claims of plagiarism and antisemitism,&#8221; Gilliam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/make-no-mistake-heres-what-the-takedown-of-harvard-president-claudine-gay-was-really-about\/article_1e49b024-ab37-11ee-9617-73bcc7245b83.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the <em>Toronto Star<\/em>. &#8220;As soon as Gay was in their crosshairs and she survived the dumpster fire disaster on Capitol Hill, they pivoted towards her credentials. They leaned into what&#8217;s often lurking in the back of some people&#8217;s minds when encountering smart, accomplished, Black women\u2014that they&#8217;re unqualified, dishonest, and thieves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Gilliam <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fatimahgilliam\/status\/1751018587723034773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> activist Tamika Mallory, who was ousted from the anti-Trump group she helped lead, the Women&#8217;s March, following accusations of anti-Semitism. Mallory has ties to anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has called Jews &#8220;termites&#8221; and praised Adolf Hitler as a &#8220;very great man.&#8221; Mallory called Farrakhan the &#8220;GOAT,&#8221; or &#8220;Greatest of All Time,&#8221; and has been pictured holding hands with the Nation of Islam leader.<\/p>\n<p>Gilliam is the author of <em>Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won&#8217;t Tell You<\/em>, a &#8220;practical manual for white people of the unwritten rules relating to race.&#8221; She did not respond to a request for comment.\t<\/p>\n<p>The law school&#8217;s dean, Gillian Lester, who is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/dean-of-columbia-law-school-resigns-amid-anti-semitism-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">step down<\/a> at the end of the academic year, has been plagued by a spate of anti-Semitism scandals. Two days after Oct. 7, Lester released a muted <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-law-school-dean-gives-both-sides-treatment-to-hamass-terrorist-rampage-in-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that did not mention Hamas, anti-Semitism, or the Jewish people. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-announces-california-gubernatorial-run-as-newsom-recall-nears-threshold\/\" title=\"Republican Announces California Gubernatorial Run as Newsom Recall Nears Threshold\">facing criticism<\/a>, she released a new <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-law-dean-does-damage-control-after-mealy-mouthed-israel-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that blamed Hamas for the attacks and described them as an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, unauthorized anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-administrators-stand-by-as-anti-israel-protesters-overrun-law-school-and-disrupt-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> have taken over the law school and disrupted classes on campus. In January, Columbia also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-law-school-to-host-anti-israel-advocate-from-terror-linked-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosted<\/a> an anti-Israel advocate, Wesam Ahmad, who works for the nonprofit group Al Haq. Israel considers Al Haq a terrorist organization due to the group&#8217;s alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated terror group.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatimah Gilliam Jesse Lee Peterson claimed that many Jews benefit from white privilege due to their white majority. The upcoming event at Columbia Law School featuring a DEI author and alumna discussing this issue has stirred controversy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":2213902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-05-at-2.08.51%E2%80%AFPM_736x514.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2213901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-05-at-2.08.51%E2%80%AFPM_736x514.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2213902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}