Wednesday, July 15, 2020

UCLA introduces steps to create a more inclusive environment for Black Bruins

As a student of UCLA I would ask for full tuition reimbursement and leave the university ASAP! Preferential treatment of one group of students (in this case depending on skin color) based on demagoguery like "racial justice" is not acceptable and it is deeply racist itself! 
Two wrongs don't make a right!

"Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community today.

The ongoing principled protests around the nation — and around the world — calling for racial justice have been inspiring and humbling. In this moment we rightfully have been moved to ask what more we can do to make UCLA a community where all will know that Black lives, Black intellects, Black aspirations and Black experiences matter. ...

We hope the following steps will ensure lasting change that will have a positive impact on our campus:
  • We will appoint a special faculty advisor in the chancellor’s office to advise on issues of concern to Black faculty, staff and students. ...
  • We will create a Black Student Resource Center ...  We will be meeting and working with student leaders from the Afrikan Student Union and Black Graduate Student Association to review these options.
  • We will expand the intellectual community devoted to Black life and racial equity issues ...
  • We will provide 10 summer graduate fellowship awards each year beginning in 2021 for research, teaching and service related to Black life. ...
  • We will create a postdoctoral community focused on Black experience. ... 
  • We will recruit 10 additional faculty members over the next five years whose scholarly work — teaching, mentoring and/or research — addresses issues of Black experience. ... 
  • We will allocate a dedicated staff member in External Affairs to provide development support focused on issues related to Black life. ...
  • We will commit $250,000 for seed research grants on racial inequities and racial justice ...
  • We will allocate a dedicated staff member in Strategic Communications to amplify the voices of faculty, staff and students of color ...
  • We will bolster the leadership roles that the ethnic studies centers ..."

UCLA introduces steps to create a more inclusive environment for Black Bruins | UCLA Plans include a Black Student Resource Center, new faculty positions, fellowships, fundraising and research support

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