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- University of Southern California valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, was barred from speaking at this year's commencement ceremony after pro-Israel groups raised concerns over her social media posts in support of Palestinians. MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin speaks to Tabassum about USC’s decision and what she plans to do next.
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USC Valedictorian speaks out after University cancels graduation speech
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza
Why can’t anyone criticize Israel? I would like an answer.
Zionist agenda, they are large donors for many universities. If they control academia, they control what's taught. Israel censors education systems in US, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt, where you cannot discuss Israeli occupation of Palestine. No other country has this kind of censorship power.
Because they hold a lot of power. From the trustees to the politicians in LA they hold the key to power. Would not be surprised if she is blacklisted from employment.
I don’t think it is criticizing Israel as it is to antisemitic chants. And also standing up for what US has deemed a terrorist organization as Hamas. Even Israeli citizens criticized their own government.
They stopped her from speaking at the school and now she is speaking to the world. Lol.
Nobody’s listening to her
What world?
Free Pakistan!
@@camronbarth9376 I'm listening to her 😂
@@JorgeRzezak The civilized world
Ashamed but not surprised at my alma mater. They prioritize the will of their wealthy donors and offer only lip-service when it comes to their marginalized students.
Being the “wrong” religion and being punished for it. Not what America is supposed to be about.
Being the “wrong” religion and being punished for it is what Islamic countries are about
@@gh0st628 So your point is they are all the same.
Bye Hasbara 🤮 🙄🚮@@gh0st628
Israhell is Not Islamic Country
You confused
STOP Islamophobia ❌🚮
@@gh0st628
try having free speach in Iran
USC taught Tabassum what genocide was and is giving her a degree in bio engineering and genocide studies, yet she’s punished for speaking out against Israel committing a genocide of Palestinians
No, Israel is defending itself ✊️🇺🇲🇮🇱
Bye Hasbara 🤮 🙄 🚮 @@JoeSmith-kp3cd
LOVE Asna!!! What an inspiring human. She did not express rightious bitterness or anger just love and gratitude for the University. I have faith that she will help to change our world.
Thank you for having her on your show Ayman!
Her answer at 4:21 just demonstrates how intelligent and insightful she is. Academic based discourse is necessary to any healthy democracy.
Discourse means conversation between TWO or more people. The prefix "DI" in discourse is LATIN for the number two. She is talking at people in graduation speeches not conversing with nor discoursing, which goes both ways.
Driving out the influence of Isl*m is necessary to any healthy democracy.
Bullying. Some American college students are uncomfortable. Universities in Gaza have been reduced to rubble. Teachers and students in Gaza have been killed in indiscriminate bombing. Where is the talk of student safety for the students, doctors, teachers, bakers, aid-workers, mothers, fathers and children of Gaza? Thank you speaking out Asna Tabassum.
One option she can podcast her speech and post it on multiple media outlets.
Speak truth to power.....always....🎯🎯🎯🎯💯
It's very evident why she was chosen as the valedictorian. What an incrediblely poised and well-spoken young lady.
Thank you Asma. Keep raising your voice. Free Palestine.
I hope this lady gives her speech somewhere. Would love to hear it, whether I agree with her or not.
Maybe in Qatar and in Gaza
USC and all these universities are acting so ridiculous. What safety concerns?!
"...safety concerns"...when they come for you, will they gather around, or will they run and hide? "They"????
Money. Most large donors are Zionist.
Exactly 💯
I paraphrase: I may not like what you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it. Grow up, USC. Free speech engenders controversy. That is as it should be.
If it was a pro-Israel valedictorian, do you actually think the Palestinian crazies wouldn't demand the same thing? Double standards everywhere.
No. Shes free to speak on social media or at her local mosque if thats what she wants to do. She has no entitlement to spread her hate speech at USC graduation.
I may not like what you say, but I will defend, to the death, my right not to listen to you.
When does calling for the abolishing of OCCUPATION becomes hate????
It becomes hate right at the point when you start to talk about the complete eradication of a people. I lie, it probably becomes hate well before that point but still, the point stands.
And Palestine is "occupied" for many many good reasons. But lets ignore all of that and pretend to be a victim.
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It’s so wrong and unfair that these school,administrators are so gutless.
I lov the courage, wisdom n intelligence of the young lady. Lastly her surname ‘Tabassum’ meaning smile befits her very well…👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
USC taking away her platform to speak just kickstarted her career. She'll have an even bigger platform now
They are just telling us how powerful they think she is. One speech is too much?
Exactly 💯😍👏🏼
Stop Genocide and Occupation 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
From the river to the sea, no more palestine and the terrorist regime
I think usc made the right decision.
A typical zionist response. But you'd be totally down with an Israeli student who believes that all Palestinians should be cleansed from Gaza?
LET HER SPEAK!
Always the victim. She would definitely be opposed to a pro-Israel speaker. Let's not pretend that groups of people are fundamentally different from each other.
Apparently she already spoke took much
So she can spread anti-Semitism?
She's a security threat. Probably related to Hamas.
Let her moan!
"If I don't steal your house someone else is going to steal it." - Yakub the jewish thief '21
sorry....did I just roll my eyes out loud?
I am a retired university professor and I have sat through about four decades of graduation ceremonies. I sat through many in which I heard the speaker reinforce my personal beliefs and many in which the speaker spoke in opposition to those views. I have thought about graduation ceremonies and have concluded that they basically exist to celebrate the achievements of the graduates and their families which supported them. Those families did not attend to hear anyone’s politics. Best to do away with all presentations by people to speak on either side of our debates. Give the graduates and families a Pat on the back and then give the students their diplomas and let all go free for their private celebrations.
Why don't you broadcast your speech on TH-cam?
Love the new McCarthyism.
Someone needs to defend the innocent women and children of Gaza.
They aren't innocent.
@@diannagold9326 hey, just letting you know, for your own sake, in 10 to 20 years, saying what you just said will not be acceptable. There were people in Germany in the 1940s that said the same thing about the innnocent people when collective punishment was taking place then. One wouldn't dare to say that the people lost were not innocent now. You need to be careful. Please try to stay educated on the death toll by the UN, Euro Med Monitor, and the own admissions of the Israeli military, that the civilian death ratio is the largest that any tragedy has ever had since the genocide in Rwanda. Half of them are kids and were not even born when their leaders were elected. Please be kind. We can save lives if we deescalate.
They also need to stand up to the bad guys.
@@jdubb6960yes. They must keep resisting isntreal.
@@diannagold9326 just because you don't like children, doesn't mean they're evil. Honestly, it probably says more about you, than them.
Suppression isn't just a MAGA thing, is what I'm hearing.
I guess it doesn't matter now since the graduation is now canceled.
If USC wont give her a platform, the American people will. An institution may desire to silence her. A people , a society will support her
Can you imagine if the shoe was on the other foot? If a Jewish valedictorian had pro-Israel posts, do you think it would be any different? No. That's the deal.
Some not all of us support her hateful rhetoric
Being academic intellectually certainly is not the same as being wise.
Hat's off to this girl for her bravery and standing firm against western hypocrisy of human rights, free palestine 🇵🇸
Pro Palestinian, meaning peace? Or pro Hamas? That’s what’s not clear here. Is she one sided and hateful or for peace for both Palestinians and Israelis? 🤔
As in, defending women and children being bombed in Gaza.
She should sue them.
Haha cancel culture you people started comes for us all.
When it's someone you disagree with: CANCELLED. When it's someone you agree with: SUE THEM.
She won't win. USC is a private university and can make any rule they want.. In fact, they gave her a break when she linked her destructive ideology on social media posts while she was there.
Honestly, unless I know a lot more about this young lady, what she was posting, what her positions were, it's hard to fault or commend USC's decision.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Her bio on instagram had a link to a page that spoke about abolishing the state of Israel and she said in interviews that she stands by that.
She's a Muslim woman with brown skin. BELIEVE HER.
@@rasu1371
What a thoughtful, intelligent, and worthwhile comment you have shared.
Thank you, TH-cam, for connecting me with this brilliant and incisive young mind.
Truly one of the brains of all time.
@@Zwiqy45 Truly? Yeah, if accurate, that is the exact sort of thing that would drive me to support USC's decision.
Somali American we are good people because we are help palatine people thanks mss omar
She's my fellow Somali American born and bred and I'm Saudi born and bred and i would advise my fellow Somalis everywhere to mind their business and not get involved in the current conflict in the middle East 🤷🏽♀️
Uh she ain't Somali. Look it up. Her background is South Asian.
Problem is that nobody involved in this conflict even Saudi Arabia and all Countries from the neighborhood only Israel and Palestinian’s civilians in the “conflict” where genocide going on our eyes 👀! If students will not involved who will just open our eyes??
She promotes false narratives. It's really that simple.
Too many students repeat Hamas death chants they hear on social media
So much for freedom of speech.💩🕊️
I bet this will make this young lady an even stronger person 👍🏼
Yea... Real big corporate opportunities for radical muslims in the US 👍🏽
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Vote.🙏💙💙😇🇱🇷🌏
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At some poinnt we all have to admit there are some natural differences where East meets West. If this was free speech then the university would have to have had a speaker with a counter view point. Unfortunately, she has a one-sided point of view. Casualty numbers have not been verified and it is not clear if the protesters are pro-Palestinian or pro-Hamas. We need to know where the pro-Palestinians stand on Hamas. Hamas have stated non-western culture and ideas about democracy. They have a right to believe what they want but it is not who America is.
Is this journalism? No tough question is a PR piece😊.
Poor you, if this was too easy, you must be going crazy watching all the Zionist propaganda these last 6 months
Good on USC.
It is graduation for everyone. Keep it focused on the people graduating so they can remember their individual accomplishments and not have a group of one sided people saying hate to another side. Many unjust things are going on all the time.
Man, if you have something to say, just say it. This comment is so unnecessarily vague.
Y'all exposing yourselves. Her speech WASN'T even written yet. You AND USC don't even know what she was going to say. You are just making mass assumptions. And there lies the problem...y'all aren't principled people. Top tier hypocrisy and nonstop double standards.
You don't tell people what to say or not to say as long as it's legal
All university campus need a peaceful environment so all students are and can feel safe. That should always be the first and main priority.
Bye Hasbara 🤮🙄🚮
I don’t care who it is . Free speech is a right . Left or right . But this is typical of college campuses . They are been doing this to right wing speakers for years .
True enough, but there is a big difference between some right wing hate monger and a student who posts in favour of peace and to stop using food as a weapon.
She would be characterized as left wing.
Violence is not Free speech. Pro terrorists are not FREE HERE. YOU DO NOT GET TO HAVE THAT OPINION HERE
@diannagold9326 In other words you support state terrorism!!!!
@@diannagold9326sticks and stone may break my bones.. but words will never hurt me. 🤪
Biden’s base 😂
You are a angel Asna!
Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Considering they had her back through the whole period (she says that), maybe Asna is the problem. Not the university
Western hypocrisy
Y'all started cancel culture and censorship, so now get a taste of your own medicine and deal with it. 🤷♂️
Liberals cancelled the Dixie Chicks all along?
Hate speech isn’t free speech. I used to be a Republican until my representatives started lying to push a racist agenda I never agreed with. Christian nationalism IS fascism… go read a book.
Can you spell hippo crit?
@@TransexualChrist-What is 2+2?😂
@@mattyjay8896 Whatever Donald says it is, right?
覺醒年代
People in the West were so easily manipulated by Hamas.
RIP West
And even more easily manipulated by AIPAC money.
There are other graduates who would be perfectly qualified for this role but since USC had become pretty woke in the past couple of decades, I would not be surprised if their pick of this student had been born out of their DEI ideology. However, given this political climate, they probably realized quickly that this is not the right time for such a risky choice. We don't need another speech that may incite supports for Palestinians, hence supporting Hamas who had been proven to be dangerous terrorists not only to Israel but who would not have missed a chance to chant " Death to America" or "Death to the West". I had two kids at USC prior to the spread of woke ideologies and had been disappointed with some of their past decisions. However, for once, I applauded USC decision to go with another valedictorian speaker.
What a shame!
Msnbc Why are we not hearing from her CLASSMATES???? Non religious people and Jews and other religions which might not appreciate her political activism????
Why?
Are those people also valedictorians? Were those people Valedictorian speeches also cancelled? My real question to you is WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING????
@@franckoliver1899 so who chose her to be valedictorian? that alone might be a bias system but lets argue she has the best exam marks .
But that doesnt make you the best person to speak.
But if it's a holistic system which looks at grades and who she is as a person etc. then giving a speech on behalf of her classmates is an honour and a privilege! She should reflect the wishes of her class as well as her own. Not just push some old religious zealot ultra conservative agenda! That's why liberals push back against TRUMP and his white nationalism. It's about balance.
Think how her Jewish class mates and others who are not pro Hamas or pro terror or pro destruction of the Israeli state.... How do they feel to see "their spokesperson" spewing her bigotry and hatred online and off.
Go see her on other channels promoting Iranian propaganda and having zero sympathy for the kidnapped American Jews.
She does not care about Palestinian people as much as she cares about rubbishing our ally Israel. Based on her postings she is a hypocrite and speaks for a tiny minority of hate filled racists.
She can say what she likes ...but dont expect people to like it , tolerate it or support it. FREE SPEECH has never been free of consequences.
She is fuelling division and failing to support the 2 state system which could end the violence. She is failing to condemn the hamas terror attack. She is failing to speak for her class. She is a naive child whose being manipulated by the forces of our enemies who have sworn to destroy The West, America and our allies in the middle east.
@@User12347ejdj giving a speech on behalf of her classmates is an honour and a privilege! She should reflect the wishes of her class as well as her own. Not just push some old religious zealot ultra conservative agenda! That's why liberals push back against TRUMP and his white nationalism. It's about balance.
Think how her Jewish class mates and others who are not pro Hamas or pro terror or pro destruction of the Israeli state.... How do they feel to see "their spokesperson" spewing her bigotry and hatred online and off.
Go see her on other channels promoting Iranian propaganda and having zero sympathy for the kidnapped American Jews.
She does not care about Palestinian people as much as she cares about rubbishing our ally Israel. Based on her postings she is a hypocrite and speaks for a tiny minority of hate filled racists.
She can say what she likes ...but dont expect people to like it , tolerate it or support it. FREE SPEECH has never been free of consequences.
She is fuelling division and failing to support the 2 state system which could end the violence. She is failing to condemn the hamas terror attack. She is failing to speak for her class. She is a naive child whose being manipulated by the forces of our enemies who have sworn to destroy The West, America and our allies in the middle east.
@@franckoliver1899 is that your real question? just crap? when you have something to actually say please share it with us as we wish to hear your thoughts on this.
Shame on USC!
Wrong. If a Jewish person was the valedictorian and their speech was cancelled due to posting anti-Palestinian things, you KNOW she would be the FIRST on the picket line for photo shoots.
For conservatives, the fact that her speech was canceled is so gratifying.
How so? No one is saying shouldn’t have the right to talk. Stop projecting Leftist intolerance on the right.
Where can you do free speech? How about taking that valuable skill you have to a Muslim country like Iran? Please speak freely there and stand up for your rights! Please be fair.
Antisemtic
anti zionists is not same as antisemitic, take a hike!
Lul, MSNBCensorship💙 talking about "double standards", that's rich. 😆
What is this kid on about?
It's like this kid just got out of a time capsule from 2015, after watching 5 hours of "Ben Shapiro OWNS THE LIBS with FACTS and LOGIC" compilations and now his poor brain is fried and can't handle seeing MSNBC and subsequently has to make brain rot comments.
She has an Ilhan Omar vibe
Because she is not white?
Keep your politics out of education.
Keep your religion out of both.
And your religion! @@TransexualChrist-
Education is politics. Duh. How else do you know who is running the US?
This is a shameful interview ask her about abolishing Israel
You know this chick agreed every time a conservative speaker got canceled....
Sucks huh??
You mean like David Duke?
David Duke supports judgment by skin color, that’s a Democrat view in 2024 .
@@TransexualChrist-David Duke is a Democrat
@@TransexualChrist-Whos David Duke?
@@TransexualChrist-You mean Robert Byrd a grand wizard white supremacist that Joe Biden did the eulogy for?
Cancel culture goes around 😂 I’m sure she would say something from Hamas talking points.
So are you saying you are pro genocide? Because that is how what your saying comes across, if that is not what you mean you should clarify your stance
@@dragonsboon2316 your brain is genocided by Hamas.
"Islamophobia ❌
Antisemitism ❌
Christophobia ✅"
- MSNBC
That's such a shame. How about sending her to Palestine to give her speech as a Valedictorian, and see how well Hamas handles it? I bet they'd be a lot more peaceful than the omnipresent Leftist rioters that the university expressed concern over, but which you chose not to report.
She wouldn’t dare go there! None of these kids would go into a war zone! No, they speak “their truth” from the safety of America! Makes me sick! You care so much, go over there and help them!
That’s a typical genocidal mind slandering anyone who speaks out against 70 years of brutal apartheid. Israel has occupied 90% of Palestine in violation of the international law and what the United States had determined her original boundaries. Israel is exposed for her false narrative throughout the world.
And how about sending AIPAC packing. Let them subsidize Israel rather than the American taxpayer.
🤔 Bro y'all literally founded cancel culture, but now y'all crying 😂😂
MSNBC fired Phil Donahue, among others, for having the audacity to question the invasion of Iraq.
Y'all... ..?
"Cancel culture" has been an equal political opportunity for as long as its been one of your favorite trigger words.
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