Does anyone, except weak-kneed politicians, even take the charge of racism seriously anymore? The racism charge is falsely used so much that it no longer means racism, as we have used it in the past. The new definition of a racism charge really seems to be: “I disagree with you, but have no logical or defensible argument to make as to why.”
Gawd, she is clearly a person of completely inadequate character. And it’s clear that she’s a liar, concocting excuses now to rationalize her inexcusable behavior. The university administrator said it perfectly; if you were the student reporter’s parent, you would be horrified at Click’s threats.
The University of Missouri fired her, and I don’t think she should ever be in a teaching role again. Schools shouldn’t employ people who threaten or physically or sexually harass students.
I do wonder whether the Dean of the school she was teaching in or some of her fellow faculty members understand this basic fact. I would like to know.
Also, I don’t understand why people (including many Missouri legislators) were so impatient. Everyone is entitled to due process, and firing her without going through the proper procedures and weighing the evidence would be unfair and would have just given her grounds for a lawsuit.
The chair of the communications department was interviewed for the investigation and said he personally felt her actions were wrong and didn’t like that the used her title as a way to tell Schierbecker he couldn’t be there. ([Exhibit 42](https://uminfopoint.umsystem.edu/media/curator/exhibits32-52.pdf))
This is the first time I’ve noticed the “academic bankruptcy program.” Is this program intended to apply to all students, or just students of color? I’m sure most students would like to get a freebie semester. Would the students have to repeat the classes in this scenario? This “demand” would likely just ensure that students would end up taking even longer to graduate. I know most colleges like to keep the “graduated in x number of semesters” at a minimum.
I think it’s a very good thing that the students are being told enough already with “demands.” They need to learn how to work within the system, how to compromise, how to use the legal and political system, etc. Civil disobedience has its place, but there has to be more than that to really effect change. And meaningful change doesn’t necessarily mean getting anything and everything one wants.
The legislators are impatient because they are political beings, running with the news cycle, and because this is the legislative session time of the year. Most states meet in the spring for a certain number of days and that’s when everything gets done,including the budget. Bills are introduced and amended and there is bargaining and threatening that takes place. Missouri is a strange state in that bills can contain amendments and requirements for more than one subject (more like federal) so legislators are always amending bills in committee and hiding things. Most states only allow a single subject in a bill, other than the budget.
I don’t think this will be crushing for UM. They’ll review their policies, they’ll hire another professor, they’ll move on.
There will be the set up of a council on which will sit 7 blacks and 6 whites. The Blacks will be 4 LBC executive Board Members, Professor of History Avarh Strickland......This council will hear the academic and non-academic complaints of Blacks, other Third World Students, and any other non-white students...
As you can see, this list of demands is so outdated as to be useless, which makes point 3 of the CS 1950 list of demands also useless. I*.
I wonder how many of the protesters even bothered to read the list of 1969 demands?
By the way, the Legion of Black Collegians’ demands that were presented in 1969, are much better thought out than the ones put forth by CS 1950. Instead of demanding quota’s, they propose programs to recruit, create and support black faculty.