{"id":127785,"date":"2021-06-09T13:40:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T11:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=127785"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:40","slug":"dear-eur-action-still-demanded-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/06\/09\/dear-eur-action-still-demanded-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear EUR, act(ion still demanded) II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of Erasmus School of Colour called the university to action last year, in response to worldwide demonstrations against racism. One year later, together with EUC collx<\/em>ctive they conclude that there is still work to be done. \u201cThere is no such thing as being neutral, especially when you\u2019re sustaining economic ties with institutes that continue to thread violently over the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In May, students hung banners for a boycott of Israel on the facade of Erasmus University College.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Last year the university claimed that \u2018Erasmian values\u2019 are \u2018anti-racist values\u2019. What steps has the university taken since then? How has it responded to reactions from students and staff that have urged the university to address and fight institutional racism within and beyond its walls? On a more fundamental level, what do \u2018anti-racist values\u2019 entail if those are not rooted in concrete efforts and actions committed to decolonial work? What does your solidarity mean if it does not include the ongoing struggles of the Palestinian people in the face of settler colonialism, genocide and apartheid?<\/p>\n\n\t

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