@petersuber@fediscience.org avatar petersuber , to AcademicChatter group

"Trump administration texted college professors' personal phones to ask if they're Jewish."
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/23/trump-eeoc-barnard-columbia-texts-jewish/

As all academics know, you can't ask this question in a job interview.
https://www.eeoc.gov/pre-employment-inquiries-and-religious-affiliation-or-beliefs

But I guess it's OK when it's not a job interview, when it's the govt asking, and the govt includes a high-ranking official who gives salutes.

This happened at . Probably no accident that Barnard is affiliated with . Trump officials said they had a right to the personal contact info, and the school handed it over.


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