Cornell denounces student’s viral antisemitic remarks, but won’t bar him from campus
JTA — Cornell University is condemning viral antisemitic remarks made by an undergraduate student who appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” earlier this week, but the school’s president says no further action is planned against the student.During his appearance, the student, Austin Franco, defended his statement in June that he did not want to work with Jews, saying that he did not like most of the Jews he had met. The remark was made in a private message that the company that received it publicized.“As a university built on the solid foundations of our nation’s democratic freedoms, Cornell has an obligation to fiercely defend freedom of speech — even when we find that speech abhorrent,” Cornell’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, said in a statement issued late Wednesday, shortly after the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reached out to the school for comment on Franco.“The student’s public comments invoked hateful generalizations and uninformed tropes with…
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Cornell University has condemned antisemitic remarks made by undergraduate student Austin Franco but will not bar him from campus, citing freedom of speech. Franco, who appeared on "Piers Morgan Uncensored," defended his June statement that he did not want to work with Jews, later adding that he objects to Jews due to Israel being a "genocidal country." Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff stated, "The student’s public comments invoked hateful generalizations and uninformed tropes with a long, ugly history of harm," but emphasized the university's obligation to defend free speech. This incident follows a $60 million settlement Cornell reached with the Trump administration last year over antisemitism claims. Franco has since announced his parents are kicking him out, prompting a crowdfunding campaign for housing.
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