Joy Ann Reid: Columbia Student Protesters Claim Anti-Semitism Did Not Come from Them

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REID: “The students who were arrested were peaceful and did not resist. They erected dozens of tents on the campus lawn last week and refused to leave until Columbia met their demands, including divesting from companies with ties to Israel. Students on campuses across this country have created encampments in solidarity with those arrested, including at MIT, Yale, New York University, and The New School. At the crux of these on-campus tensions are allegations of anti-Semitism hurled against Jewish students or accusations that Columbia’s leadership has not done enough to keep students safe. A dueling narrative has emerged, with student protesters saying the anti-Semitism is not coming from Columbia students.”