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Bates students support Palestinians, denounce college
Bates College student government and others decry decision to call police over anti-Israel graffiti as a censure of student voices.
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LEWISTON The student government at Bates College joined 14 other student organizations to denounce the college’s decision this week to ask police to investigate some anti-Israel graffiti.
Getting the police involved, their joint statement said, was “a censure of student voices” that “makes students feel unsafe and oppressed on our campus.”
“We fear for our communities of color, specifically brown, Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim students, that will most likely be the targets of this investigation,” said the statement, which also included a call to “free Palestine.”
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LEWISTON The student government at Bates College joined 14 other student organizations to denounce the college’s decision this week to ask police to investigate some anti-Israel graffiti.
Getting the police involved, their joint statement said, was “a censure of student voices” that “makes students feel unsafe and oppressed on our campus.”
“We fear for our communities of color, specifically brown, Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim students, that will most likely be the targets of this investigation,” said the statement, which also included a call to “free Palestine.”
Part of a long Instagram post by the Bates Student Government that backs Palestinian rights and denounces Bates College’s decision to call the police over anti-Israel graffiti.
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