I just read about you in Chris Hedges' piece "The Silence of the Damned" and want to tell you I'm inspired by your courage to speak up. Knowing about you makes me feel a little less scared to take a stand on Israel's genocide. Thank you.
I’m so sorry these institutions haven’t been protecting you while you stand up for what’s right. What a disturbingly corrupt country we live in, where someone like Alan Dershowitz can silence one of the only ethical healthcare workers in the Bay Area! Ghouls like the UCSF leadership & Nancy Pelosi are showing just how racist they’ve always been, and they’re putting every one of their nonwhite neighbors at risk of white supremacist violence. Please let us know how we can help protect and support you, especially financially if you need to take time off work to feel safe. The public needs to help fund alternatives to these racist institutions like our schools.
It is inspiring to see your resolve and bravery. It is rare amongst the largely spineless community of scientists, doctors, engineers in today's times, be it in India, U.S. or Israel.
You maligned an entire group of people, and, yes, there are consequences for doing so.
Sure, some Zionists believe and do terrible things. And some do so in the name in the name of Zionism. Where I come from, we call that "being an evil a**hole." Kind of like, say, Americans who see it as their patriotic duty to take away the water left in the desert left for migrants trying to cross the border. Zionism simply means the right of Jews to self-determination. And, no, we are not "European colonialists"; my ancestors were never Poles. They were in fact killed by the Poles and the Nazis. My people are indigenous to this land we are all fighting over.
But we are not the ONLY indigenous people, and the only way forward is the path of empathy, compassion, and the willingness to hear one another's narrative. Anger and hatred--on any side--will only bring us to hell. Let me repeat that: anger and hatred will not work. It got us to where we are today. It brought us to a reality where babies are kidnapped and women are raped and hundreds of thousands of people are being starved; it just perpetuates the cycle of violence. We will only know a just and enduring peace when we have the courage to do it differently. When we have the courage to be better than our own anger. If you want to make a difference, then work for peace. There are many groups that are bravely doing this work. I suggest you join them.
Thank you for this writing and your courage. It is really stark the contrast in how ucsf has approached you and how they have approached racism against Palestinians by faculty. I haven’t seen this level of censorship in academic institutions.
Dear Dr.Rupa Marya, this is just one of the countless tragedies that israel has inflicted on the Palestinians, and that you are so bravely speaking out against:
Palestinian mother tries to dig open her son’s grave to see him, 5 Feb 2024
“I want to see my son. He left and I didn’t say goodbye.”
A Palestinian mother tried to dig open her son’s grave to see him one last time after he was killed by Israeli air strikes and buried in al-Nasr hospital. She said he is the third of her children to be killed by Israel. His sister died a month before him.
Thank you, Dr Marya. While fascism grows when good people remain silent and thus complicit, your voice heartens and inspires me.
Thank you Dr. Rupa for your bravery and moral leadership.
I just read about you in Chris Hedges' piece "The Silence of the Damned" and want to tell you I'm inspired by your courage to speak up. Knowing about you makes me feel a little less scared to take a stand on Israel's genocide. Thank you.
Dear Dr.Rupa Marya, I salute you for speaking out against the savage genocide of Palestinians. You are truly a hero!
I’m so sorry these institutions haven’t been protecting you while you stand up for what’s right. What a disturbingly corrupt country we live in, where someone like Alan Dershowitz can silence one of the only ethical healthcare workers in the Bay Area! Ghouls like the UCSF leadership & Nancy Pelosi are showing just how racist they’ve always been, and they’re putting every one of their nonwhite neighbors at risk of white supremacist violence. Please let us know how we can help protect and support you, especially financially if you need to take time off work to feel safe. The public needs to help fund alternatives to these racist institutions like our schools.
It is inspiring to see your resolve and bravery. It is rare amongst the largely spineless community of scientists, doctors, engineers in today's times, be it in India, U.S. or Israel.
In Solidarity
You maligned an entire group of people, and, yes, there are consequences for doing so.
Sure, some Zionists believe and do terrible things. And some do so in the name in the name of Zionism. Where I come from, we call that "being an evil a**hole." Kind of like, say, Americans who see it as their patriotic duty to take away the water left in the desert left for migrants trying to cross the border. Zionism simply means the right of Jews to self-determination. And, no, we are not "European colonialists"; my ancestors were never Poles. They were in fact killed by the Poles and the Nazis. My people are indigenous to this land we are all fighting over.
But we are not the ONLY indigenous people, and the only way forward is the path of empathy, compassion, and the willingness to hear one another's narrative. Anger and hatred--on any side--will only bring us to hell. Let me repeat that: anger and hatred will not work. It got us to where we are today. It brought us to a reality where babies are kidnapped and women are raped and hundreds of thousands of people are being starved; it just perpetuates the cycle of violence. We will only know a just and enduring peace when we have the courage to do it differently. When we have the courage to be better than our own anger. If you want to make a difference, then work for peace. There are many groups that are bravely doing this work. I suggest you join them.
Thank you for normalizing public displays of antisemitism so that we exercise freedom of speech to express hate
Thank you Dr. Marya for saying what everyone is afraid to say ever since hitler became taboo.
Thank you for this writing and your courage. It is really stark the contrast in how ucsf has approached you and how they have approached racism against Palestinians by faculty. I haven’t seen this level of censorship in academic institutions.
A really great post!
Dear Dr.Rupa Marya, this is just one of the countless tragedies that israel has inflicted on the Palestinians, and that you are so bravely speaking out against:
Palestinian mother tries to dig open her son’s grave to see him, 5 Feb 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8j8aQU7qeY
“I want to see my son. He left and I didn’t say goodbye.”
A Palestinian mother tried to dig open her son’s grave to see him one last time after he was killed by Israeli air strikes and buried in al-Nasr hospital. She said he is the third of her children to be killed by Israel. His sister died a month before him.