Oh, you thought I had the number wrong?
In a letter uncovered by Campus Reform Tuesday afternoon, over 60 professors have endorsed the attempt to ban the American flag from an “inclusive” space on the campus of UC Irvine (UCI).
The letter, which features over 1,200 signatures as of this writing, praises the ban on national flags, especially the American flag, passed by the Associated Students of University of California, Irvine (ASUCI) last week. After Campus Reform broke the story, the ban received intense media scrutiny and was vetoed by organization’s Executive Cabinet.
“We write to support the six members who offered the resolution to remove national flags from the ASUCI lobby,” the letter reads. “The university ought to respect their political position and meet its obligation to protect and promote their safety. The resolution recognized that nationalism, including U.S. nationalism, often contributes to racism and xenophobia[.]”
“This is a more or less uncontroversial scholarly point, and in practice the resolution has drawn admiration nationally from much of the academic community,” the letter continues. […]
The signatories charge that UCI linked its communications to Fox News, which the letter describes as “a notoriously inaccurate media source associated with racism, xenophobia and U.S. nationalism,” and worry that UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman’s response will lead to further harassment. […]
“We admire the courage of the resolution’s supporters amid this environment of political immaturity and threat, and support them unequivocally,” the letter concludes.
The letter appears to originate from Rei Terada, a professor of Comparative Literature at UC Irvine.
As a California taxpayer, I would love to say to each of these “professors”
YOU’RE FIRED.
(a girl can dream)
I fired every California public employee in 1994, by moving to another state. Surely* your talent and experience would find welcome in a similar department in, for example, Texas or one of the Dakotas, or a state somewhere in between?
*gratuitous Airplane reference intended
I t does not take and advance degree to be an idiot but, it helps.
Speaking of feminism (and when aren’t we?), here is a handy test to determine whether you’re a feminist.
If any sentence of this 1995 proclamation sends you into a blind rage, you’re a feminist.
If you disagree with some of the statements but are not mortally offended by them, you’re not a feminist.
This is where were are.