WE DEMAND $20,000.00 dollars per quarter allocated to the Black Student Union, an organization necessary for Black student development. The Black Student Union is one of the largest student organizations; yet, there is currently no operating budget.
2.WE DEMAND a CSLA Anti-discrimination policy. Furthermore, we demand that cultural competency training be given to all faculty and staff. It is a shame that discriminatory and racist incidents continue to happen on campus, and those responsible do not face any repercussions. An anti-discrimination policy would outline exactly what discriminatory behavior looks like, and what the consequences are when such policy is violated.
3.WE DEMAND a $30 million dollar endowment to help support Black students financially, akin to the initiative that is being implemented at UC Berkeley. Many Black students must work 2-3 jobs in order to pay for the continually rising cost of education. Funding is one of the reasons why many Black students do not apply to CSLA, and also a hindrance to many that are accepted. For a University that is as “diverse” as CSLA, something must be done to make sure that Black students are financially secure.
4.WE DEMAND Black scholarships geared to black students who are both athletes and non-athletes.
5.WE DEMAND that the Pan African Studies Department projects, programs, and initiatives be fully funded beginning with an additional $100,000.00 for the 2015/2016 academic year.
6.WE DEMAND the creation of a Master’s program in the Pan African Studies Department.
7.WE DEMAND the hiring of ten tenured track professors in the Pan African Studies Department. We also DEMAND a continuous commitment to the hiring of Black faculty across all academic disciplines. We want one in-house advisor for the Pan African Studies Department.
8.WE DEMAND $500,000 in funding for outreach programs that will focus on the recruitment of Black high school students as well as transfer students. This program should be facilitated and overseen by the Pan African Studies Department. There must be an increase in the Black student body from 4% to 15% minimum within two years and to increase Black student admissions to 25% within five years. Additionally, there must be an implementation of programs specifically designed to increase admission, retention, and graduation rates Black students.
9.WE DEMAND the hiring of 3 full time and permanent Black faculty counselors at the Student Health Center. There must be Black student representation on the Board of Directors and Black public safety and police officers.
10.WE DEMAND more Black students hired for on-campus, student assistant, work positions.
11.WE DEMAND CSLA immediately divests ALL its investment holdings (active, passive, direct and indirect) from the private prison corporations of Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group. We further demand CSLA immediately divest from Wells Fargo and any other institution that funds and bankrolls the for profit private prison industry.
12.WE DEMAND first and second year students fulfil a minimum of two ethnic studies courses, with one being a Pan African Studies course, as a graduation requirement.
13.WE DEMAND the creation and financial support of a CSLA housing space delegated for Black students and a full time Resident Director who can cater to the needs of Black students. Many Black CSLA students cannot afford to live in Alhambra or the surrounding area with the high prices of rent. A CSLA housing space delegated for Black students would provide a cheaper alternative housing solution for Black students. This space would also serve as a safe space for Black CSLA students to congregate, connect, and learn from each other.
14.Lastly, WE DEMAND an in-person meeting with you on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 3:00p.m in the Pan African Student Resource Center. During this meeting we will discuss the fulfillment and implementation of each demand. We are dedicated to seeking equality and security for each Black student on Cal State L.A’s campus, and we will not stop until each demand has been met.
Onwards till Freedom!
The Black Student Union at Cal State L.A.!
These are just more useless members of, as Red Badger has phrased it, “the Gimmedat club of the Perpetually Offended class.”
So why didn’t integration make them happy?
Move over Lewis Carroll.
A very similar list of demands was put forth by the Black Student Union at the Univ. of Georgia Athens campus in the very early 1970s. At the top of the list was a blacks only dorm. Separate yet equal. The request was denied. The Athens campus these days does have an office of black recruiting to get black kids from Atlanta and other parts of the state to go to the Athens flagship school.
I wonder what the NCAA will do here. After all, they just took away 7 NCAA championship events for 2017 from NC for their bathroom law.
This is Segregation.....are you too political to say anything, NCAA?
I like the way Charles Barkley put it:
“One of the reasons we’re never going to be successful as a whole, because of other black people. And for some reason we are brainwashed to think, if you’re not a thug or an idiot, you’re not black enough.”
“Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful, not because of you white people, but because of other black people. When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.”
Robert KKK Byrd would be so happy! so proud! He is probsably laughing it up with Bull Conner and Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Has the campus instituted “Black Only” water fountains, as well?
They are openly showing their hatred towards whites yet who are they expecting to pay for that list of demands?
15.WE DEMAND a water fountain exclusively for the use of members of the Black Student Union.
16.WE DEMAND a special entrance at the back of all buildings exclusively for the use of members of the Black Student Union.
17.WE DEMAND special seating in the rear of all shuttle buses exclusively for the use of members of the Black Student Union.
Onwards till Liberia!
The Black Student Union at Cal State L.A.!
This crap is growing - From BLM and Kaepernick to White Privilege. If whites don't stand up as whites and say FU they will eventually grind us and this nation into the ground using race. There is only one way to stop this. This whole thing that 'racism'(meaning whites) is the most evil thing ever and is only defined by those using the word is communism at its finest. All the while those pointing fingers of 'racism' specifically are racial.
'Racism' is a prime example of the left controlling the dialogue. So much so that the right instead of just saying F U generally run around in circles pointing fingers at each other claiming that they are the most racist. Meanwhile race is used to specifically destroy the US and the white race.
Good money for first offense.
The content of the demands themselves is largely irrelevant. What they are looking for is capitulation. The Left, in all its forms, is never about the issues, but about seizing power in every way and in any forum they are able to gain access to.
Pamela Gellar may want us all to demand Islam delenda est. I say “politica sinistram delenda est”. It is the root cause of the difficulties the West experiences, from Islam to socialism to political correctness to racism.
I thought diversity was our strength?
lol
moronic liberals
These people are the true ‘deplorables’.
Parents, don’t send your children to any of these politically involved colleges. Start them in a community college that does nothing but teach college-level basics. You want them to learn skills that will get them a good job.
And they will still drop out in their Junior year.
How childish the secular mind.
Oh goodie!
Can I get the concession to install all the “Blacks Only” water fountains?