Professors Declare Support for March 8th Day of Action to Reverse the Ban Now

2-9-01

Professors Declare Support for March 8th Day of Action to Reverse the Ban Now

Students: Please circulate this among your professors.

This spring is a watershed for the UC System and the State of California. The gravity of this moment demands the utmost commitment and dedication from students and faculty alike. Our determination and action so far have brought us within reach of a tremendous victory-the UC Regents are now considering reversing their July 1995 ban on affirmative action\, possibly at their March or May 2001 meeting.

We are educators. The State of California has entrusted us, professors, lecturers, and staff of the University of California, with the duty of educating California's sons and daughters to become the leaders of the future. However, the restrictions imposed by the UC Regents' ban have made it impossible for us to fulfill our educational mission.

The terrible consequences of the UC Regents' ban have become clear to all in California. The Regents have posted a huge "Unwelcome" sign for all black, Latino, and other minority students who want to come to the UC. The ban has created a two-tier system of education within our midst. The stifling reality of segregated classrooms has created an unbearable situation for faculty and students, particularly minority students. If the UC System itself is tainted by the segregation and racial inequality that have too long poisoned our national life, a stamp of hypocrisy is placed on our entire project, despite all of our sincere and diligent efforts.

The people of California look to the UC for leadership. It was in this spirit that they took their cue from the Regents when voting on Proposition 209. The UC must provide leadership to California again-this is why the UC Regents must reverse their ban on affirmative action in the UC System NOW.

It was in this spirit that professors called a walkout across the UC system on October 21-22, 1998. The outpouring of support from thousands of students, other faculty, and staff was overwhelming. Our taking this united stand has helped inspire a movement that has now brought us so close to victory.

In keeping with our tradition of uniting with students for change, we declare our support for the Day of Action to Reverse the Ban Now to be held March 8, 2001. On this day, rallies, marches, and other events will occur across the UC system. We will show our support in a number of ways-canceling class, replacing normal curriculum with discussion on affirmative action, or encouraging our students to attend Day of Action events. Once again, we must make clear to the state and the nation that the UC Regents' decision was one they undertook on their own, against the will and advice of UC students and faculty.

March 8 can mark a turning point for the UC System and for California. We invite all our colleagues, students, and staff to join us in our protest, to take a stand alongside us on campuses across California on March 8, 2001 and demand that the UC Regents reverse their ban now.

If you agree with this statement, please send the following info to california@bamn.com:

Your Name, Position, Department, College or University Affiliation, Phone No., E-Mail Address.

Student and community organizations are also encouraged to endorse.

This statement has been signed by professors from every UC campus! The following is a partial list of those who have signed on so far:

Ethnic Studies Department, UCB; Women's Studies Department, UCB

Elizabeth Abel, English, UCB, Richard Abel, Prof, Law, UCLA, Roberta Ahlquist, Teacher Education Dept, CSU-San Jose, Norma Alarcon, Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCB; Robert Allen, Asst Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Richard Appelbaum, Sociology & Global & International Studies, UCSB, Bettina Aptheker, Prof and Chair, Women's Studies, UCSC, Alfred Arteaga, Assoc Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Ivonne Avila, History, UCSD, Bill Banks, Prof, African American Studies, UCB, Lois Banner, Prof, History & Gender Studies, USC, Karen Bassi, Assoc Prof, Classics, UCSC, Emilie Bergmann, Prof, Spanish, UCB, C. Adolfo Bermeo, Asst Vice Provost for Student Diversity, UCLA, Chana Bloch, Dir of Creative Writing Program, English, Mills College, Abby Lynn Bogomolny, Instructor, English, CC-Cabrillo, Ben Bogomolny, GSI, Political Science, UCB, Thomas Brady, Prof, History, UCB, Francesca Bray, Prof, Anthropology, UCSB, Mitchell Breitwieser, English, UCB, Philip Brett, Prof, Music (and Associate Dean of College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences), UCR, Charles Briggs, Prof and Chair, Ethnic Studies, UCSD, Linda Brodkey, Prof, Literature, UCSD, Karen Brodkin, Prof, Anthropology, UCLA, Joyce Brodsky, Art, UCSC, Daphne Brooks, Asst Prof, Literature, UCSD, Wendy Brown, Prof, Political Science & Women's Studies, UCB, David Brundage, Assoc Prof, Community Studies, UCSC, Michael Burawoy, Prof, Sociology, UCB, Ken Burke, Prof & Dept Head, Dramatic Arts & Media Studies, Mills College, Carol Burr, Dir, Multicultural & Gender Studies, CSU-Chico, Judith Butler, Prof, Rhetoric & Comparative Literature, UCB, Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Prof, Rhetoric & Comparative Literature, UCB, Julie Carlson, Assoc Prof, English, UCSB, Sandy Carlson, Prof, Geology, UCD, Gerard Caspary, Prof, History, UCB, Monica Casper, Assoc Prof, Sociology, UCSC, Ignacio Chapela, Asst Prof, ESPM, UCB, Robert Chrisman, Visiting Prof, African American Studies, UCB, Diane Shaver Clemens, Prof, History, UCB, Brent Corbin, Teacher, Physics, UCLA, E. G. Crichton, Asst Prof, Art, UCSC, Faye Crosby, Prof, Psychology, UCSC, Cindy Cruz, Visiting Prof, Human Development, Pacific Oaks College, Tony Curiel, Assoc Prof, Theatre & Dance, UCSD, Donald Dahlsten, Prof and Assoc Dean, College of Natural Resources (ESPM), UCB, John Dombrink, Prof, Dept of Criminology, Law & Society, UCI, Ellen Druffel, Prof, Earth System Science, UCI, Helen Dunn, Prof, English, CSU-Sonoma, Gary Dymski, Assoc Prof, Economics, UCR, Christine Ehrick, Lecturer, Women's Studies, UCI, Robin Einhorn, Assoc Prof, History, UCB, Steven Epstein, Assoc Prof, Sociology, UCSD, Ivan Evans, Assoc Prof, Sociology, UCSD, Jerome Feldman, Prof, EECS, UCB, Maria Felix-Ortiz, Asst Prof, Psychology, UCLA, Richard Flacks, Prof, Sociology, UCSB, Graham Fogg, Prof, Hydrogeology, UCD, John Foran, Prof, Sociology, UCSB, Edward Fowler, Prof, East Asian Languages & Literatures, UCI, Ross Frank, Assoc Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCSD, Rosa Linda Fregoso, Prof, Women & Gender Studies, UCD, Jim Fujii, Assoc Prof, East Asian Languages & Literatures, UCI, Takashi Fujitani, Assoc Prof, History, UCSD, Kip Fulbeck, Assoc Prof, Art Studio, UCSB, Nancy Gallagher, Prof, History, UCSB, Lowell Gallagher, Assoc Prof, English, UCLA, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Prof, Women's Studies, UCB, W. L. Goldfrank, Prof, Sociology & LALS, UCSC, Bluma Goldstein, Prof Emerita, German, UCB, Jennifer Gonzalez, Asst Prof, Art History & Visual Culture Dept, UCSC, Herman Gray, Prof, Sociology, UCSC, Jody Greene, Literature & Women's Studies, UCSC, Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, Asst Prof, History of Art, UCB, Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Assoc Prof, Literature, UCSC, Elizabeth Guthrie, Director of Foreign Language Program, French & Italian, UCI, Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Prof, Ecosystem Science (ES/ESPM), UCB, Carl Gutierrez-Jones, Assoc Prof, English, UCSB, George Haggerty, Prof and Chair, English, UCR, Darrell Hamamoto, Assoc Prof, Asian American Studies, UCD, Mary Hancock, Assoc Prof, Anthropology, UCSB, Joel Handler, Law, UCLA, Joseph Hardy, Visiting Prof, Psychology, UCB, Barbara Herr Harthorn, Research Anthropologist, Inst for Social, Behavioral, & Economic Research, UCSB, Shane Que Hee, Prof, Environmental Health Sciences (Public Health), UCLA, Ruth Heifetz, Senior Lecturer, Family & Preventive Medicine, UCSD, Patricia Penn Hilden, Prof, Native American Studies, UCB, Percy Hintzen, Assoc Prof, African American Studies, UCB, Emily Honig, Women's Studies & History, UCSC, Michael Hout, Prof, Sociology, UCB, Fanny Howe, Prof, Literature, UCSD, Jorge Huerta, Prof, Theatre, UCSD, Akasha Hull, Prof Emeritus, Women's Studies/Literature, UCSC, Adrienne Hurley, Visiting Prof, East Asian Languages & Literatures, UCI, Aida Hurtado, Prof, Psychology, UCSC, William Jackson, Prof and Chair, Chemistry, UCD, Abdul JanMohamed, Prof, English, UCB, Stephanie Jed, Assoc Prof, Comparative Literature, UCSD, Susanne Jonas, Lecturer, Latin American & Latino Studies, UCSC, Andrew Jones, Asst Prof, East Asian Languages & Cultures, UCB, June Jordan, Prof, African American Studies, UCB, Caren Kaplan, Assoc Prof and Chair, Women's Studies, UCB, Mary Kelsey, Lecturer, Sociology, UCB, James Kettner, Prof, History, UCB , Elaine Kim, Prof, Asian American Studies, UCB, Kimberly King, Asst Prof, Psychology, CSU-LA, Stuart Kirk, Prof, Social Welfare, UCLA, Robert Kirsner, Prof, Germanic Languages, UCLA, Rebecca Klatch, Prof, Sociology, UCSD, Cecelia Klein, Prof, Art & Art History, UCLA, Misha Kokotovic, Asst Prof, Literature, UCSD, Liza Kramer, Lecturer, English, UCB, David Kuchta, Lecturer, Revelle Humanities, UCSD, George Lakoff, Linguistics, UCB, Margaret Larkin, Assoc Prof, Near Eastern Studies, UCB, Jean Lave, Prof, Education, UCB, George Leddy, Lecturer, International Development Studies, UCLA, Alberto Ledesma, Visiting Asst Prof, Chicano Studies, UCB, Aaron Levine, Supervisor/Acad Coordinator, Teacher Education Program, UCSB, George Lipsitz, Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCSD, Christine Littleton, Prof, Law (and Chair of Women's Studies Programs), UCLA, Leon Litwack, Prof, History, UCB, Meika Loe, Instructor, Sociology, UCSB, Paul Lubeck, Prof, Sociology, UCSC, Michael Lucey, Assoc Prof, French & Comparative Literature, UCB, Mark Luna, Prof, Ethnic Studies, CC-San Jose, Colleen Lye, Asst Prof, English, UCB, Peter Manoleas, Field Consultant and Lecturer, Social Welfare, UCB, Harold Marcuse, Assoc Prof, History, UCSB, Curtis Marez, Prof, American Studies, UCSC, Jorge Mariscal, Assoc Prof, Literature, UCSD, Leticia Marquez-Magana, Assoc Prof, Biology, CSU-San Francisco, Robert Matthews, Prof Emeritus, Geology, UCD, David Matza, Prof Emeritus, Sociology, UCB, Tiya Miles, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Trinh Minh-Ha, Prof, Women's Studies & Rhetoric, UCB, Gwendolyn Mink, Prof, Politics, UCSC, Helene Moglen, Prof, Literature, UCSC, Natalia Molina, Asst Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCSD, Dawne Moon, Asst Prof, Sociology, UCB, Cherrie Moraga, Artist in Residence, Drama, Stanford, Kathleen Moran, American Studies, UCB, Greg Moynahan, Lecturer, History, UCB, Chandra Mukerji, Communication Dept, UCSD, Alice Yang Murray, Asst Prof, History, UCSC, Sharleen Nakamoto, GSI, History, UCSB, Chon Noriega, Assoc Prof, Dept of Film & Television, UCLA, Michael Omi, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Michael Parayno, Lecturer, Asian American Studies, UCB, Lourdes Parra, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Manuel Pastor, Latin American & Latino Studies, UCSC, Constance Penley, Prof and Chair, Film Studies, UCSB, Rafael Perez-Torres, Assoc Prof, English, UCLA, Richard Perry, Asst Prof, Social Ecology, UCI, Beatrice Pita, Lecturer, Literature, UCSD, Kenneth Pomeranz, Prof, History, UCI, Robert Potter, Prof, Dramatic Art, UCSB, Karen Pyke, Asst Prof, Sociology, UCR, Darren Ranco, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Raka Ray, Sociology, UCB, Craig Reinarman, Prof, Sociology, UCSC, Jane Rhodes, Assoc Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCSD, Elizabeth Ribet, Lecturer, Sociology, CSU-San Francisco, Victoria Robinson, Lecturer, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Pamela Roby, Prof, Sociology, UCSC, Michael Rogin, Political Science, UCB, Vernon Rosario, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, Don Rothman, Senior Lecturer, Writing Program, UCSC, Martha Saavedra, Assoc Dir, Center for African Studies, UCB, Sterling Sakai, Assoc Dir of Enrollment Services, CSU-Hayward, Jose David Saldivar, Prof and Chair, Ethnic Studies, UCB, R. E. Saxton, Prof, Surgery & Radiology, UCLA, Susan Schweik, Assoc Prof, English, UCB, Kevin Scott, Student Svcs Asst, African American Studies, UCB, Miriam Silverberg, Prof, History, UCLA, Stephanie Smallwood, Asst Prof, History, UCSD, David Smith, Prof, Sociology, UCI, Suzanne SooHoo, Assoc Prof and UCLA Alum, Chapman University, Carol Stack, Prof, Education, UCB, Alan Steinbach, Assoc Clinical Prof, Public Health, UCB, Alexandra Minna Stern, Asst Prof, History, UCSC, Jim Stockinger, Sociology, UCB, Tyler Stovall, Prof and Chair, History, UCSC, Ronald Takaki, Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCB, Stefan Tanaka, Assoc Prof, History, UCSD, Barrie Thorne, Prof, Sociology & Women's Studies, UCB, Christine Trost, Lecturer, Sociology, UCB, Patrick Velasquez, Lecturer, Teacher Education Program, UCSD, Ana Villalobos, GSI, Sociology, UCB, Lawrence Wallack, Prof Emeritus, Public Health, UCB, Don Wayne, Assoc Prof, Literature, UCSD, Devra Weber, Assoc Prof, History, UCR, John Weil, Dir, Program in Genetic Counseling, UCB, Jennifer Westbay, Lecturer, Writing Program, UCLA, Leon Wofsy, Prof Emeritus, Molecular & Cell Biology, UCB, Deborah Wong, Assoc Prof, Music, UCR, Felix Wu, Prof Emeritus, EECS, UCB, George Yatchisin, Lecturer, Writing Program, UCSB, Judy Yung, Prof, American Studies, UCSC, Patricia Zavella, Prof, Community Studies, UCSC, Millie Zinck, Lecturer, History, UCB

Endorsing Organizations: UC-Berkeley ASUC Affirmative Action/Diversity Committee, Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration & Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP), Staff Affirmative Action & Diversity Advisory Committee (UC-Davis)