Posted on 12/16/2023 6:20:38 AM PST by Libloather
A California history professor delivered a scathing rebuke of his former administration after a federal judge struck a blow to the statewide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion "DEI" mandates for faculty.
Tenured professor Matthew Garrett was dismissed last April from Bakersfield College in the Kern Community College District after he says far-left professors and students brought false accusations against him because of his opposition to DEI policies on campus. Administrators have argued he was disciplined for "unprofessional" conduct and "unsatisfactory performance," according to a 19-page report from interim college president Zav Dadabhoy last March. He is fighting the decision through the legal system and remains suspended without pay.
At the KCCD Board of Trustees meeting this week, Garrett demanded the district reinstate him, citing the recent court case and growing distrust between faculty and the administration at the college.
"By now it is painfully obvious that you made a mistake," he told the Board of Trustees. "You cannot hope to prevail in court. There is no value in dragging this out."
"I can't stop you from making this process painful for me and my family," Garrett pleaded. "You've driven me onto welfare. You've robbed my children of Christmas. You've taken food out of their mouths, and it's true you can make me suffer more. But I am unbreakable. In the end, you will lose. The longer this drags out, the greater the cost to taxpayers. At this point, you are on the hook for at least a few million dollars for retaliation, defamation and legal fees."
"You’ve become the Grinch who stole Christmas for my children. But in the end it is the Kern County taxpayers who will be robbed. Is that really what you want to do?" he asked.
Garrett's plea comes as these DEI rules for colleges...
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to eat crow or to return, that is the question.
As Bernard said to Abelard: Defend, emend, or condemn
(I suspect it sounds better in English than the original.)
Agree, the headlines often give a false or misleading impression and are at odds with the contents of the article. Modern journalism.
Millions to go, all right - millions of dollars in damages. I suspect Christmas will actually be pretty good.
He may win in court - but lefties are increasingly ignoring court orders, which takes even more time-consuming legislation.
That and the judicial system is corrupt.
Remember that bakery at Oberlin College?
“A jury found that the college had defamed the owner of Gibson’s Bakery and his family and awarded them $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages in 2019.”
Oberlin kicked and screamed, filed additional lawsuits to contest the judgement (all of which, thankfully, failed)
“Oberlin College announced that it would no longer contest the matter and would pay Gibson’s Bakery the sum of $36.59 million...Gibson’s Bakery received the entire payment in December 2022”
It took six years before justice was served.
In any case, if your stupid actions cost your institution millions of dollars in damages, your name in your profession will be pretty much mud. You’re likely to be out on your ass, with little hope of finding another comparable job.
Usually comm college boards ARE bonded...at least they were in Oregon when I was on a board
“Is that really what you want to do?”
No doubt about it - Yes, that’s what they want.
The DEI (or, more appropriately DIE) crowd are demonic whose only goal is the death of Christian family values.
6 years but in the end the payoff was worth it, but the person would have been financially cripp.ed had judgement gone to the college instead upon appeals. Thankfully it didn’t.
I’d wait 6 years for millions, but just my luck, I’d have a heart attack getting out of my rocking chair to answer the door when the check arrives lol
I demanded the County GOP provide the entire County GOP Board, Directors and Officers coverage when I was elect to that Board 18 years ago. It’s even more important today. All boards down to HOA’s buy coverage, or they’re fools.
My mistake.
My mistake.
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My mistake.
Yes, I did. My apologies.
The bakery was lucky to stay in business during that time, they must have had enough loyal customers b/c the university did everything it could to destroy it, with protests lead by professors in front of the business (all of whom should have been fired and sued personally).
Yes, the judgement was worth it.
Will be interesting to see how the judgement against Rudy Giuliani plays out.
DEI elevates all above whites, so the minorities above the majority. Jewish people are lumped in with whites. Very twisted. Illegal under the Constitution.
Too bad the administrators cannot be sued personally.
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Yes, in certain cases, they sure as hell can.
It the product of so much information to take in that we sometimes use shortcuts. Which more often than not, only tend to result with mea cuplas being offered up. 🙂
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