Q&A
Addressing hate speech and inappropriate behavior at CUNY
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Council Member Kalman Yeger confronts Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez about CUNY's handling of hate speech and inappropriate behavior on campus, particularly focusing on antisemitic incidents.
- Yeger provides examples of antisemitic statements allegedly made on CUNY campuses
- He argues that face coverings allow individuals to hide their identities while engaging in hate speech
- Yeger suggests implementing a rule banning face coverings to address this issue
- He emphasizes the large number of students and employees at CUNY, comparing it to the population of some cities
Kalman Yeger
2:46:03
But, apparently, on CUNY campuses, it's not inappropriate conduct to stand about and say, things like, you know, no Jews here and, you know, shut down the hill, and, you know, you know, terrorist Jews this and, you know, Jews go away and jujuju because that's like a thing that's happening on CUNY campus.
2:46:20
Let's not pretend, at least for this conversation, that that's not what's happening.
2:46:23
So that in and of itself, covering the face, lends to the the hiding their identity.
2:46:30
And you could just make a rule saying no face covers.
2:46:32
Have a great day.
2:46:33
Stop.
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No more doing that.
2:46:34
And and I think that you have 240,000 people on your campuses who are students, 40,000 who are employees.
2:46:42
Yeah.
2:46:42
That's the size of cities in this country.
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One rule that would stop that behavior.
2:46:49
Well, I
Felix Matos Rodriguez
2:46:50
don't know that the rule will stop the behavior.
