Hate Speech at Harvard? Bill Ackman Takes on Anti-Semitism 11/06/23

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🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In three parts, Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin unpack the intense conversations between college students, college administrators, donor alumni, and employers regarding the ‘right’ way to respond to the Israel-Hamas War and the uptick in anti-semitism and islamophobia that has appeared in its wake. Former SEC Chair and University of Pennsylvania Adjunct Professor of Law Jay Clayton offers his own perspective on the law firms that have addressed law school deans directly on this topic. He counts the lack of clear governance as a contributing factor to rising hate speech and insufficient response on university campuses. Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman dials in to respond and share his own perspective, as a Harvard alumnus pushing his own alma mater to do better as an emotionally charged geopolitical environment makes waves on campus. Clayton - 10:07 Ackman - 22:40 In this episode: Bill Ackman, @BillAckman Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm C.N.C. producer Katie Kramer, today on Squawk Pod.
0:08.3	How College Campus Activism has found its way to Wall Street, the difficult in high stakes talks between university
0:14.8	students, administrators, wealthy donor alumni, and the employers hiring graduates over the
0:21.3	right way to respond to the Israel-Habas War and the right way to respond to the Israel Hamas war and the hate speech that's
0:25.6	flaring up. J Clayton, a former chair of the SEC and a U-HEN professor.
0:30.0	This is why you have leadership of these institutions.
0:33.0	It's time for the leadership of these institutions to step up.
0:35.8	And a response, the kind of discussion
0:38.0	you'll only hear on Squack Box from billionaire hedge
0:41.0	funder Bill Ackman, who's writing to his alma mater Harvard and wants answers and accountability.
0:46.5	University should have the ability to say in their own environments, you know what,
0:50.7	we're going to actually have some limits on free speech. We're not going to allow people to say hateful things about Jewish people, about black people, about LGBT few people, because you know what, it creates a hostile environment that's not conducive to learning.
1:04.0	It's Monday November 6th 2023 Squawk Pot begins right now.
1:12.0	Good morning everybody and welcome to Squawk Box right here on
1:15.2	see and be see we are live from the NASDAQ market site in time square I'm Becky
1:19.0	quick along with Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin
1:25.0	I mean thanks very much for the question. It's our view that a ceasefire now would simply leave Hamas in place able to regroup and repeat what it did on October 7th.
1:39.6	And you don't have to take my word for it just a few days ago. A senior Hamas official said that it was
1:44.8	their intent to do October 7th again and again and again.
1:49.2	Secretary of State Anthony Blinken making two surprise visits to the West Bank in Iraq
1:56.3	over the weekend in an effort to keep the conflict from spreading.
1:59.2	Blinkin visited the West Bank City of Ramallah and meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas.
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