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'George Floyd represents Gazans': House report alleges antisemitism at American Psychological Association
Five days after the October 7 massacre, as Israel was still coming to terms with the scale of the attack, the woman preparing to become president of the American Psychological Association drew a comparison between Palestinians in Gaza and George Floyd, the Black man murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 whose death became a symbol of the fight against racism in the United States. Cynthia de las Fuentes, then president-elect of one of the world’s most influential professional psychology organizations, wrote in an internal October 12, 2023, email that “George Floyd is representative of Gazans” and that “the themes of domination and submission are clear in both cases.” She also compared members of the police to adherents of a “by any means necessary” approach to achieving the goals of Zionism, which she likened to the missions of “other terrorist groups.” She added: “Not all police and not all Jews.” The exchange is among the most striking documents cited in an investigation released October 29 by the Republican majority staff of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce. Based on internal APA documents and correspondence, the report alleges that senior officials repeatedly failed to confront antisemitism, dismissed complaints...