New York University Adopts New Speech Code Making Zionism a Protected Category
29 August 2024 | Middle East Monitor
Students at New York University (NYU) who speak out against Zionism will risk violating the school’s newly adopted non-discrimination policies. New speech codes unveiled by the university places anyone who identifies as a “Zionist” under the category of a protected class of person, shielding the ideology and its followers from being subject to “discriminatory comments”.
The new guidelines places Zionism — an ethno-nationalist political ideology founded in the late 19th century — in the same category as a person’s race and gender, making it the only political ideology to be granted such status…