Editor,
Referring to the protracted equivocation on the part of our ASUNM Senate to pass the resolution to divest from certain American multinationals implicitly supporting the effective imprisonment and brutalizing of an entire demographic just because they are Palestinian:
Imagine a hypothetical ASUNM having a similar session back during World War II. The resolution demands UNM divest from companies, like IBM and Ford, that were supporting Nazi Germany, which was imprisoning and brutalizing an entire demographic just because they were Jewish.
One argument against the resolution is that, if passed, it would make German-Americans on campus feel unsafe because “it is targeting us.” So a hypothetical senator argues that the resolution should be expanded to include all those American corporations supporting all those other atrocities being committed by other countries also during this worldwide war. Finally, one senator saves the day by reminding everyone of Jews being collectively starved and enslaved and murdered in gas chambers, even as they speak.
Sincerely,
Arun Anand Ahuja
UNM student
