Antisemitische Cartoons, die der Zahnmedizindekan der University of T. verwendete, führten dazu, dass er bis zur Untersuchung beurlaubt wurde
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/u-of-t-dentistry-dean-on-leave-pending-investigation-after-using-antisemitic-cartoons-in-lecture
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>A statement issued by Dr. Anil Kishen, who [became dean of the school of dentistry](https://www.utoronto.ca/news/anil-kishen-globally-renowned-endodontist-appointed-dean-faculty-dentistry) on July 1 for a five-year term, said that his use of the cartoons was not intentional.
>“Last night I became aware that two cartoon images that I included in a recent lecture contained discriminatory imagery,” he said in an email to the dentistry faculty on Thursday. “I selected these images as visual analogies for two concepts. I was not trying to make any political statements with these images. I say this not as an excuse for this mistake.”
>…One of the images shows a figure with its face painted in the colours of the Palestinian flag, bound by ropes and an Israeli flag, although the Star of David has been removed from the flag.
>The second shows a hook-nosed man relaxing in a swimming pool full of money and labelled with the word “IMMUNITY,” surrounded by several figures who are looking up.
Not political though.
Whoa. My OMFS does tenures there teaching Oral Max surgery and I was about to be shocked, considering his business partner is jewish.
Anti-sematism seems widely tolerated in academia.
Why did a lecture on dentistry have such pictures? I cannot understand the context at all where it would make any sense at all to include these. What is the reasoning?
Based on the descriptions, this isn’t one of those cases where someone displays sympathy for Palestinians and then called out falsely for being antisemitic, these are really vile and classically antisemitic stereotype cartoons.
McDonalds employee sharing antisemitic memes = fired
Any one of us sharing antisemitic or racist memes = immediately fired, publicly shamed.. maybe even arrested
University of Toronto Dean of Dentistry sharing antisemitic tweets to a much larger audience he has influence and power over = paid vacation.. maybe some cultural sensitivity training.
Don’t worry, I’m sure it was just „anti-Zionist“.
/s
I got called antisemitic for stating that Jewish people are not the only semitic people.
Can we see the images? I’m pay walled.
Seems like an honest mistake, but I haven’t been able to read the article.
Logically speaking, why would a dean of a dentistry school risk his job and knowingly display an antisemitic image? Makes no sense.
Other college deans in the US been fired for much less (i.e. just allowing anti-Zionist activity on campus) and this Dean would have been aware of that, as well as the presence and political power of Jewish and/or Zionist lobby groups such as B’nai Brith.
My verdict having not read the paywalled article is not guilty.
[Next thing you know he’ll be saying they should have their own schools…](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0697814/)
That „became aware“ in his statement is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.