Brooklyn College Silences Palestine Support, Sparking Free Speech Concerns

Art student silenced for Palestine support. Growing trend of speech suppression raises alarm on US campuses.

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2025 October 4 . 5:33 AM

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Brooklyn College Silences Palestine Support, Sparking Free Speech Concerns

Brooklyn College's campus police recently ordered art student Morgan Patten to remove signs from her studio door, which expressed support for Palestine and criticized Zionism. This incident highlights a growing trend of suppression of speech related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on US college campuses.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has recorded 138 deplatforming attempts and 77 sanction attempts targeting expression about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on college campuses since October 7. However, there are no recent reports of universities punishing students or groups for their views on the topic. Despite this, students are increasingly finding the issue difficult to discuss, with at least two in four students now avoiding the topic, and potentially three in four on campuses with a history of student arrests for establishing encampments.

Administrators at the University of Southern California and Washington University in St. Louis have taken actions against students and faculty for expressing their views. USC canceled valedictorian Asna Tabassum's speech due to her social media posts critical of Israel, while Seth Crosby, a professor at Washington University, alleges he was fired over an exchange on X regarding the same conflict. These incidents have led to a decline in students' trust in their schools' administration to defend freedom of speech.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to convulses college campuses, with multiple deplatforming attempts and sanctions occurring weekly. Students are increasingly hesitant to discuss the topic, and administrators' actions have eroded trust in their commitment to free speech. As the debate around the conflict intensifies, so does the need for open and respectful dialogue on campuses.

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