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Apr 21, 2025 EEOC sent unsolicited surveys to Barnard College employees asking about Jewish or Israeli identity Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
A federal agency's targeted religious-identity survey raised constitutional concerns about discrimination, privacy, and creating lists based on protected characteristics.
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- EEOC sends text survey to Barnard College employees asking religious/national origin identity — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sent unsolicited text messages to Barnard College employees on their personal phones, linking to a voluntary survey asking whether recipients are Jewish, Israeli, practice Judaism, or have Jewish/Israeli ancestry. The survey was part of a Trump administration investigation into alleged antisemitism at the college. Barnard's general counsel confirmed the college had received no advance notice and that the EEOC was legally entitled to obtain employee contact information. Faculty expressed alarm that the survey effectively creates a list of Jewish employees and represents unprecedented surveillance intruding into personal devices.
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