Parsons Students Petition Against John Galliano

It was just announced that John Galliano would be teaching a master class at Parsons The New School For Design. It seems a backlash has already hitChange.org, where a petition has been started to protest his new teaching job. It reads:

Parsons The New School for Design plans to hire John Galliano for a 3-day workshop. It doesn't matter if its for three months or three days, hiring someone who has made such horrific comments shows that the schoolvalues Galliano over their entire Jewish student body. It shows they value him over their students' respect, peace of mind, and heritage.

The Fashion Spot pointed out that it is a bit odd, considering the history of the New School's University in Exile, which was "a graduate division founded in 1933 as a haven for Jewish academics and writers fleeing the Nazi regime." So far, there are 252 supporters of the petition.