Demands
1. To have the removal of the Tower Foundation Board member who made a racist statement.
2. We request a letter of apology from the VP to the complainant.
3. Students for Racial Equality calls for mandatory anti-racism trainings for administration, faculty, staff, and students and urges the implementation of protocols for cabinet members to respond to racist incidents with strict consequences for those who allow racist comments to go unreported.
Target
President Mohammad Qayoumi
Resources
Course
Scott Myers-Lipton
Sociology
San Jose State University
Status: Won first 2 demands
Students for Racial Equality won the first demand after they held a press conference and rally. They won their second demand after they held a sit-in in the first-floor lobby where the President’s office was located. The students did not want to be arrested for occupying this space, so they asked, and received permission from the President’s office to occupy it for several hours.
Photos/Video
Press
Television
- NBC News: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Jose-State-University-Students-Protest-Board-Members-Alleged-Racist-Statement-282198001.html
- KTVU: http://www.ktvu.com/story/27354370/sjsu-investigates-after-board-member-accused-of-offensive-comment
- Video: SJSU Students Denounce Board Member's Alleged Racist Statement
- Univision: http://video.univision.mobi/videos/video/2014-11-11/decenas-protestan-contra-comentarios-racistas?id=543003
- Telemundo: http://www.telemundoareadelabahia.com/noticias/estudiantes-de-san-jose-state-university-exigen-accion-supuesto-incidente-racismo-latinas-tower-foundation-282187801.html?vid=a
- KCBS Radio: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/10/sj-state-accused-of-not-responding-to-alleged-racist-remark-made-by-member-of-campus-organization/
- KGO Radio: http://www.kgoradio.com/common/page.php?pt=Students+Accuse+San+Jose+State+of+Letting+Racist+Comment+Slide&id=96101&is_corp=0