Campus Protesters Believe Jewish Students and Faculty Should Tolerate Harassment Because They Are White

Last week, John McWhorter, a professor at Columbia University, changed the agenda for a class because allowing the room to go silent for a few minutes, as he had planned, would mean that the only sound students would hear were the chants of anti-Israel protesters. “Two students in my class are Israeli; three others, to my knowledge, are American Jews,” writes McWhorter, “I couldn’t see making them sit and listen to this as if it were background music.” And what about the claims that these demonstrations are peaceful, and that the university should respect the right of students to protest?