A six-month-old Facebook post about the conflict in Gaza, receiving attention only recently, has spurred a debate over hate speech at Connecticut College that has some students calling on the administration to condemn racist remarks. Andrew Pessin, a professor of philosophy, says the students who accuse him of being a racist are deliberately misrepresenting words he used as a metaphor and that he was referring to Hamas, not all Palestinians. Students -- in letters to the student newspaper and an online petition -- say Pessin dehumanized Palestinians with offensive language.

March 25, 2015 ・ From Inside Higher Ed