Rights Groups Express Concern to Claremont Colleges After Israeli Professor Calls Palestinian Student a "Cockroach"

The Center for Constitutional Rights and other civil rights groups have written to the Presidents of the Claremont Colleges in Southern California expressing alarm after a professor on campus cursed at a Palestinian student and called him a cockroach. The incident occurred during the Claremont Colleges Students for Justice in Palestine's mock Israeli checkpoint action. The Colleges' responses have suggested that there is more interest in blaming the students for alleged violations of the campus demonstrations policy rather than remedying the harms of racial bias and repression of speech. The letter emphasizes the Colleges obligation to protect students who advocate for Palestinian rights from intimidation and racial bias. See the full letter here.