What is the difference? Why is "Zionist" offensive?
NYC school bans 'Proud Zionist' t-shirt, teacher calls it 'anti-Semitic'
Teacher slams principal over banning 'politically explosive' shirt, says other staff allowed to wear pro-BLM messages
How is pro BLM messages offensive?
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY: An English teacher at a Brooklyn school has filed a discrimination complaint over his t-shirt, which fellow staff and students allegedly found offensive. Jeffrey Levy reportedly wore a 'Proud Zionist' t-shirt to school one day but was quickly reprimanded for doing so. He goes on to claim that other political messages, such as pro-Black Lives Matter (BLM) and women's rights have been allowed, so he's clearly not a happy man.
Schools have increasingly become key venues for political debates, especially around racism. On September 17, Oregon teacher Lauren Pefferle came to school in blackface to protest a vaccine mandate. Days before that, a Portland teacher removed the US flag from her classroom after the school district banned BLM and LGBTQ flags. In July, Illinois teacher Jeanne Hedgepeth was fired for anti-BLM social media posts, leading her to sue the school district in response.
https://meaww.com/nyc-ms-51-teacher-proud-zionist-t-shirt-banned-files-discrimination-complaint
Advocates of Zionism view it as a national liberation movement for the repatriation of a persecuted people residing as minorities in a variety of nations to their ancestral homeland. Critics of Zionism view it as a colonialist, racist and exceptionalist ideology that led advocates to violence during Mandatory Palestine, followed by the exodus of Palestinians, and the subsequent denial of their right to return to lands and property lost during the 1948 and 1967 wars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism
NYC school bans 'Proud Zionist' t-shirt, teacher calls it 'anti-Semitic'
Teacher slams principal over banning 'politically explosive' shirt, says other staff allowed to wear pro-BLM messages
How is pro BLM messages offensive?
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY: An English teacher at a Brooklyn school has filed a discrimination complaint over his t-shirt, which fellow staff and students allegedly found offensive. Jeffrey Levy reportedly wore a 'Proud Zionist' t-shirt to school one day but was quickly reprimanded for doing so. He goes on to claim that other political messages, such as pro-Black Lives Matter (BLM) and women's rights have been allowed, so he's clearly not a happy man.
Schools have increasingly become key venues for political debates, especially around racism. On September 17, Oregon teacher Lauren Pefferle came to school in blackface to protest a vaccine mandate. Days before that, a Portland teacher removed the US flag from her classroom after the school district banned BLM and LGBTQ flags. In July, Illinois teacher Jeanne Hedgepeth was fired for anti-BLM social media posts, leading her to sue the school district in response.
https://meaww.com/nyc-ms-51-teacher-proud-zionist-t-shirt-banned-files-discrimination-complaint
Advocates of Zionism view it as a national liberation movement for the repatriation of a persecuted people residing as minorities in a variety of nations to their ancestral homeland. Critics of Zionism view it as a colonialist, racist and exceptionalist ideology that led advocates to violence during Mandatory Palestine, followed by the exodus of Palestinians, and the subsequent denial of their right to return to lands and property lost during the 1948 and 1967 wars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism
