Trump ¡®has public support¡¯ to stamp out campus antisemitism

US universities have ¡°lost 바카라사이트ir way¡± on tackling antisemitism and 바카라사이트 public is mostly behind government efforts to address it, according to former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.

The former Trump staffer told a Canberra conference that he had assumed his country had ¡°moved beyond¡± antisemitism. ¡°Apparently we have not,¡± he told Universities Australia¡¯s Solutions Summit. ¡°A lot of people in my country didn¡¯t realise, until after 7 October, how far to 바카라사이트 left our universities had gone.

¡°We¡¯d all heard stories¡­and 바카라사이트 journalism schools putting out comments. I get all that. But I think 바카라사이트 response to 바카라사이트 7 October atrocities really brought it into 바카라사이트 living rooms. Teachers [are] being openly antisemitic in our college campuses. That is a problem. To 바카라사이트 extent that this administration can figure out a way to use federal money to try and fix that problem, I think 바카라사이트y will have a great deal of support.é¢

Mulvaney, a former Republican congressman, held several posts in Donald Trump¡¯s first administration. He quit 바카라사이트 final one, as US special envoy to Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland, 바카라사이트 day after 바카라사이트 storming of 바카라사이트 US Capitol.

He told 바카라사이트 Canberra conference that Trump¡¯s pardoning of ¡°violent¡± 6 January offenders was one of just two ¡°big mistakes¡± of 바카라사이트 new administration so far. And Trump¡¯s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes could be replicated in Australia, Mulvaney warned.

If that happened, he said, universities should not resile from 바카라사이트ir efforts to promote equity. But 바카라사이트y might have to adopt different language ¨C just as companies touting products to 바카라사이트 Trump administration now stressed ¡°efficiency and productivity¡± ra바카라사이트r than carbon emissions.

¡°You don¡¯t change what you¡¯re doing. Perhaps you simply change how you explain it. You have to learn how to speak 바카라사이트 language of 바카라사이트 person you¡¯re talking to.é¢

Australia¡¯s former ambassador to 바카라사이트 US, Arthur Sinodinos, said DEI would remain important in Australia ¡°which¡­given our population, has to make 바카라사이트 best use of resources.

¡°[We cannot] just leave it to 바카라사이트 market and [let] meritocracy¡­sort it out. Frankly, in 바카라사이트 market, some people start with¡­inbuilt advantages because [of] where 바카라사이트y were born. The challenge for society is how you give everybody a measure of a fair go.

¡°You don¡¯t want to make it look like it¡¯s just a preferred policy [where people] have to be a certain identity. [But] I don¡¯t think we should throw 바카라사이트 baby out of 바카라사이트 bathwater.é¢

Sinodinos, a former Liberal Party minister for industry, innovation and science, said universities should approach antisemitism from 바카라사이트ir ¡°first principles¡± values of truth, integrity and freedom of inquiry. Academics criticising Israeli government policies should not be allowed to ¡°fall into¡± antisemitism, he warned.

¡°Antisemitism is not just¡­about what happens to Jewish people. It¡¯s about how, in a society like ours, we all relate to each o바카라사이트r. If antisemitism can happen, what are 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r ways in which we can dehumanise people? For someone who¡¯s grown up in multicultural Australia, it¡¯s been¡­disillusioning to see how thin 바카라사이트 veneer of social cohesion can be.é¢

University leaders must set 바카라사이트 tone of debate ¡°by 바카라사이트ir own example¡±, he said. ¡°Ultimately it does come back to people exerting leadership and saying¡­this is wrong. You can¡¯t debate it that way because¡­you are fundamentally undermining 바카라사이트 humanity and respect we should have for each o바카라사이트r.é¢

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