This guy is the chancellor of UC Berkeley - I just would love to
smack him up side the head and point out that his "undocumented" are
illegal aliens and that their getting all the bennies there is one of
the major reasons California is going bankrupt.
1/10/11 7:00 PM
Blogger yashu said...
Email received from UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau commenting on
Arizona shootings:
Dear members of our campus community:
This weekend's shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the
deaths and injuries of many others in the horrific event in Tucson,
Arizona have shocked our nation. We here at UC Berkeley offer our
sincere condolences to everyone who has been personally affected by this
tragedy.
Such a brutal and violent attack on an individual who has devoted
herself to public service is deeply regrettable. It calls upon us as an
academic community to stop and ponder the climate in which such an act
can be contemplated, even by a mind that is profoundly disturbed. A
climate in which demonization of others goes unchallenged and hateful
speech is tolerated can lead to such a tragedy. I believe that it is not
a coincidence that this calamity has occurred in a state which has
legislated discrimination against undocumented persons. This same
mean-spirited xenophobia played a major role in the defeat of the Dream
Act by our legislators in Washington, leaving many exceptionally
talented and deserving young people, including our own undocumented
students, painfully in limbo with regard to their futures in this country.
On our own campus, and throughout all the campuses of the
University of California, we must continue to work toward a climate of
equity and inclusion for all. We must be vigilant to condemn hate speech
and acts of vandalism on our campuses by those wanting to promote
enmity. We must work to support dialogue about our differences and
eschew expressions of demonization of others, including virulent attacks
on Israel, anti-Muslim graffiti, racism towards African-Americans,
Chicano/Latinos and other underrepresented minority groups, and
homophobic acts. Continuing to support our principles of community will
ensure a better and safer campus. We must do this now so that our
students, as future leaders of this great country, will continue to set
the standard for a better and safer nation.
Robert J. Birgeneau
Chancellor, UC Berkeley
1/10/11 7:01 PM
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