Press Conference Today! : Remove Sherman Boyson!
Below is the text of the petition currently being circulated. An online link will be up shortly. Please spread the word.
In September and October 2005, Sherman Boyson, the undergraduate advisor of UC-Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare, employed racist and sexist harassment and intimidation against sophomore Erika William, calling her a “b—” and a “n—“ repeatedly.
Such gross racism and sexism poisons the campus community and prevents minority and women students from participating equally in campus life. No one who practices such blatant discrimination should be in a position to exercise power over students’ educational careers, particularly those of minority and women students.
So long as a person who practices gross racism and discrimination is on the university’s payroll and protected by this administration, UC-Berkeley is defending racism and sending a “Not Welcome” message to underrepresented minority students at Cal and across this state.
If Chancellor Robert Birgeneau does not remove Boyson, then his stated commitments to address hostile climate and increase underrepresented minority student enrollment do not have any real meaning.
The press conference will be held at 4pm in front of California Hall (the Chancellor's office). Be there!
Update: The Daily Californian has published a letter by Ronald Cruz urging the removal of Sherman Boyson in this morning's paper. Read it here.
In September and October 2005, Sherman Boyson, the undergraduate advisor of UC-Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare, employed racist and sexist harassment and intimidation against sophomore Erika William, calling her a “b—” and a “n—“ repeatedly.
Such gross racism and sexism poisons the campus community and prevents minority and women students from participating equally in campus life. No one who practices such blatant discrimination should be in a position to exercise power over students’ educational careers, particularly those of minority and women students.
So long as a person who practices gross racism and discrimination is on the university’s payroll and protected by this administration, UC-Berkeley is defending racism and sending a “Not Welcome” message to underrepresented minority students at Cal and across this state.
If Chancellor Robert Birgeneau does not remove Boyson, then his stated commitments to address hostile climate and increase underrepresented minority student enrollment do not have any real meaning.
The press conference will be held at 4pm in front of California Hall (the Chancellor's office). Be there!
Update: The Daily Californian has published a letter by Ronald Cruz urging the removal of Sherman Boyson in this morning's paper. Read it here.
posted by Vincent Kukua at 12:13 AM
3 Comments:
You Leftist Thought Policing Ignoramus. You definitely don't know a single thing about Free Speech. It starts with Free Thought. If somebody is unfortunate enough to get branded with your tag of "racist", that really is his/her own choice until the thought manifests itself in discriminatory action.
Thank you for taking yet another step towards destroying my alma mater.
i agree. and im a minority cal student.
it's BAMN that's the real racist here, the real enemy.
Both are at fault and need anger management. Of course, it's perfectly acceptable to harass and discriminate against 'fat fucks' still, but if you're going to walk the walk...
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