THE SCROLL: Test question accuses Israel of 'pinkwashing'
Dictionary.com defines 'pinkwashing' as a 'critical term used to refer to the practice of attempting to benefit from purported support for LGBTQ+ rights, often as a way to profit or to distract from a separate agenda.'
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An image said to be from the Toronto Metropolitan University shows an online exam question accusing the state of Israel of “using gay rights as a distraction” from the struggle of Palestinians.
The multiple choice question shown is a prompt to select an example of the concept of “pinkwashing.”
The presumably ‘correct’ answer offers the example of “The state of Israel using gay rights as a distraction from Palestinian human rights questions.”
This was a question on an exam yesterday at Toronto Metropolitan University.
A Jewish student took a picture of this anti-Semitic bile. In today’s upside down world, the student will likely be reprimanded and the professor will get tenure.@TorontoMet #Antisemitism @JillDunlop1 pic.twitter.com/jacDRRPIHY— David Jacobs (@DrJacobsRad) November 26, 2023
Dictionary.com defines ‘pinkwashing’ as a “critical term used to refer to the practice of attempting to benefit from purported support for LGBTQ+ rights, often as a way to profit or to distract from a separate agenda.”