‘I Meant It’: Suspended Columbia Student Khymani James Stands by Remarks Fantasizing of ‘Murdering Zionists’
9th October 2024
Columbia University student Khymani James is standing by comments he made in the spring fantasizing about “murdering Zionists” and saying “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” He said in a string of Tuesday social media posts that he “never wrote” an April apology he issued over the remarks, which got him suspended and attracted international media attention, adding, “Anything I said, I meant it.”
James shared a letter from Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the student group behind the illegal encampment that plagued campus at the time of his infamous remarks, to his X followers on Tuesday afternoon. The group apologized for its past treatment of James, saying a “so-called ‘apology'” it released on his behalf in April caused him”irrevocable harm” and exposed him “to even more hatred from white supremacist and queerphobic liberals and fascists.” The letter also endorsed “liberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance” and said “violence is the only path forward.”
James responded by thanking his “comrades” for their “beautiful, powerful” words. He said he “couldn’t agree more” with the endorsement of violence.
“I never wrote the neo-liberal apology posted in late April, and I’m glad we’ve set the record straight once and for all. I will not allow anyone to shame me for my politics,” he wrote. “Anything I said, I meant it.”
“Long live Palestine, the Intifada, and the Resistance.”
Imagine how peaceful the world would be if the Religion of Peace didn’t exist.