The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into a complaint submitted by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of Rose Ritch, the University of Southern California (USC) Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice president, who was the victim of a vicious campaign of anti-Semitic harassment by USC students; they publicly castigated Ritch as a Zionist and sought to exclude her from the USG on the basis of her Jewish ethnic identity. The complaint alleges that USC allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus and failed to take prompt and effective steps to end the harassment or eliminate the hostile environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a result of the University’s refusal to protect Ms. Ritch from the discriminatory harassment, Ms. Ritch was ultimately forced to resign from the USG in August 2020. U.S Department of Education to investigate college after Jewish student government leader forced out of position due to harassment. Read the article here.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into a complaint submitted by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of Rose Ritch, the University of Southern California (USC) Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice president, who was the victim of a vicious campaign of anti-Semitic harassment by USC students; they publicly castigated Ritch as a Zionist and sought to exclude her from the USG on the basis of her Jewish ethnic identity. The complaint alleges that USC allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus and failed to take prompt and effective steps to end the harassment or eliminate the hostile environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a result of the University’s refusal to protect Ms. Ritch from the discriminatory harassment, Ms. Ritch was ultimately forced to resign from the USG in August 2020. The U.S. Department of Education will investigate the University of Southern California after a Jewish student claimed she resigned from student government because she endured harassment over her pro-Israel views. Read the article here.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into a complaint submitted by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of Rose Ritch, the University of Southern California (USC) Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice president, who was the victim of a vicious campaign of anti-Semitic harassment by USC students; they publicly castigated Ritch as a Zionist and sought to exclude her from the USG on the basis of her Jewish ethnic identity. The complaint alleges that USC allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus and failed to take prompt and effective steps to end the harassment or eliminate the hostile environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a result of the University’s refusal to protect Ms. Ritch from the discriminatory harassment, Ms. Ritch was ultimately forced to resign from the USG in August 2020. “I was harassed and persecuted on campus just for being a Zionist.” Read the op-ed here.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into a complaint submitted by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of Rose Ritch, the University of Southern California (USC) Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice president, who was the victim of a vicious campaign of anti-Semitic harassment by USC students; they publicly castigated Ritch as a Zionist and sought to exclude her from the USG on the basis of her Jewish ethnic identity. The complaint alleges that USC allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus and failed to take prompt and effective steps to end the harassment or eliminate the hostile environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a result of the University’s refusal to protect Ms. Ritch from the discriminatory harassment, Ms. Ritch was ultimately forced to resign from the USG in August 2020. The Brandeis Center urges USC to halt the impeachment proceedings against Ms. Ritch. Read the letter here.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into a complaint submitted by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of Rose Ritch, the University of Southern California (USC) Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice president, who was the victim of a vicious campaign of anti-Semitic harassment by USC students; they publicly castigated Ritch as a Zionist and sought to exclude her from the USG on the basis of her Jewish ethnic identity. The complaint alleges that USC allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus and failed to take prompt and effective steps to end the harassment or eliminate the hostile environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a result of the University’s refusal to protect Ms. Ritch from the discriminatory harassment, Ms. Ritch was ultimately forced to resign from the USG in August 2020. In a formal complaint, the Brandeis Center outlines various civil rights violations against Jewish student Rose Ritch at the University of Southern California. Read the complaint here.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into a complaint submitted by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of Rose Ritch, the University of Southern California (USC) Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice president, who was the victim of a vicious campaign of anti-Semitic harassment by USC students; they publicly castigated Ritch as a Zionist and sought to exclude her from the USG on the basis of her Jewish ethnic identity. The complaint alleges that USC allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus and failed to take prompt and effective steps to end the harassment or eliminate the hostile environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a result of the University’s refusal to protect Ms. Ritch from the discriminatory harassment, Ms. Ritch was ultimately forced to resign from the USG in August 2020. U.S. Department of Education to investigate harassment and discrimination that led to resignation of USC VP, Rose Ritch. Read the press release here.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened an investigation into a complaint alleging the University of Southern California (USC) allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus, resulting in the resignation in August 2020 of its Jewish student government vice president, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. OCR evaluates all complaints it receives but only pursues investigations in those it determines warrant a more thorough investigation. Click here to read the full press release.