Intersectionality is an “intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism”

Intersectionality is an “intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism”

Following a bipartisan request by approximately two dozen members of Congress, the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) by unanimous vote tasked itself with investigating and preparing a report on the federal response to the rise of antisemitism on campus. The report will provide recommended steps for Congress and the administration.

USCCR, a creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, has a mission to “inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws.”

As part of its investigation, on February 19 and 20, 2026, USCCR convened public sessions on Antisemitism on America’s College and University Campuses. They heard from dozens of speakers, including students, faculty, legal scholars and policy experts, campus advocates, civil rights organizations, and current and former federal employees.

Among the speakers was LIF’s Founder and President William A. Jacobson, whose telephonic presentation is available here.

I also presented, in person. For those of you who don’t know me yet, I’m LIF’s Senior Researcher and Attorney. I started in September 2025, and my focus is combating intersectionality ideology. You’ll be hearing a lot more about that in the coming weeks.

I urged USCCR to address intersectionality ideology, as it is one of the root causes of the intensifying antisemitism and anti-westernism on American campuses.

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My name is Amanda Stulman and I speak today on behalf of the Intersectionality Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation. Thank you, Commissioners, for the opportunity to speak with you today on how intersectionality ideology is one of the root causes of mainstreaming antisemitism on American campuses.

As a theory, intersectionality was originally most well-known for the idea that different forms of discrimination can overlap and should be reflected as such in the law. However, even from its inception, intersectionality used a framework of systems of privilege and oppression to assign status based on group identity viewed through a simplistic and divisive oppressor / oppressed dynamic. Intersectionalists argue that all struggles against oppression are linked, encouraging perceived marginalized groups – no matter how disparate or in conflict their interests – to unite together and radicalize collective action.

For decades, intersectionality has been the dominant ideology on campus, both in and out of the classroom. Through their focus on Israel, activists have placed Jews firmly in an oppressor role.

This is in large part the result of years of false marketing of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict using intersectional language. Under this twisted framing, the existence of Israel itself is labeled “racist” “genocidal” “apartheid” “white supremacist” “imperialist”.

Jews, unless they openly adopt this intersectional lens of Israel as illegitimate, risk being tainted as “white” “privileged” “Nazi” “colonizers” “oppressors”.

This is not a political dispute about particular Israeli policies. It is part of an ongoing effort to de-legitimize a western democracy, and the use of such extreme and hyperbolic language invites hate and violence.

The main form of antisemitism on campus today is viewing Jews through the prism of anti-Zionism. This leaves Jews fair game to be attacked – socially, verbally, and even physically as you heard yesterday and today. As ever, Jews are the canaries in the coal mine. What starts with Jews on campus does not end either on campus or end with the Jews.

On or off campus, intersectionality serves as an intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, as well as normalizing more mainstream antisemitism and anti-westernism.

One example of the former took place less than a year ago, just over a mile from here. On American soil, at an American Jewish museum, at an American Jewish Committee event, which was focused on humanitarian relief and not billed as related to Israel, two attendees were gunned down by a man shouting – that common collegiate refrain – “Free Palestine.”

Intersectionality ideology taught on campuses today puts Jews, and anyone allied with Jews, in the crosshairs.

It must be addressed.

Thank you.

Amanda Stulman is a Senior Researcher and Attorney at the Legal Insurrection Foundation

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