Report Id: 2155
Reported By
@QueenofGhee
Apr 05, 2021
New Brunswick, NJ
Asher Ghertner Denies Hinduphobia, Calls it a Fake Word
On April 5, 2021, Asher Ghertner, Associate Professor and Graduate Director at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences at New Brunswick NJ, with ~2500 followers on Twitter, tweeted: “Most of my Rutgers colleagues who signed (and our South Asia exec committee) have created Hindutva troll Smart Folders to spam/junk anything with the fake word “Hinduphobia” in it. Trolls have unlimited bandwidth- best to not give them any of ours. Solidarity.”
Date of Incident:
Apr 05, 2021
Location:
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ
VICTIM TYPE:
Community
Community
Incident Type:
Verbal Abuse, Academic Bullying
Verbal Abuse, Academic Bullying
Perpetrator Name
Asher Ghertner
Asher Ghertner
Perpetrator Specification
Organization, College / Institution
Organization, College / Institution
Impact
50 Hindus
Total Incidents of Verbal Abuse0
No. of Academic Bullying0
No. of Bully0
No. of Religious Bullying0
Verbal Abuse over 12 month