James Rucker just started [ [link removed] ]a petition to the University of Alabama 

Stop empowering racists and silencing Black people who tell the truth

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Dear John,

I just started a petition titled "[ [link removed] ]Stop empowering racists and silencing
Black people who tell the truth "

The University of Alabama has seemingly pushed for the resignation of its
dean of students and assistant vice president — a Black man who had been
in the job just seven months — for past tweets that made honest,
straightforward statements about racism in America.

It’s outrageous. Dr. Jamie Riley was apparently forced to resign after the
“alt-right” website Breitbart — a favorite of white nationalists, known
for its racism, antisemitism, and dishonest smear campaigns — published an
article with Dr. Riley’s old tweets. Instead of standing up against this
racist hit job against a prominent Black leader at the university, the
University of Alabama threw him under the bus. It looks like an effective
firing, with the university refusing to give details, only saying that
there was “mutual agreement” around his resignation.

[ [link removed] ]Dr. Riley has been targeted for speaking plainly about racism!

While Riley’s tweets might make some people uncomfortable, they’re based
in fact and well within the mainstream conversation about racism. Here are
two of them:

• "The [American flag emoji] flag represents a systemic history of racism
for my people. Police are a part of that system. Is it that hard to see
the correlation?"
• "I'm baffled about how the 1st thing white people say is, 'That's not
racist!' when they can't even experience racism? You have 0 opinion!"

[ [link removed] ]Sign now and make your voice heard!

When the dean of students can lose his job for a couple of old tweets
about racism that many people would agree with, the message sent to Black
students and faculty couldn’t be clearer: if you want to keep your job and
stay at the university, you better keep your mouth shut. It’s chilling,
and it conveys a lack of interest in protecting the academic freedom of
Black people at the university and an unwillingness to protect Black
members of its community when racists come after them with baseless
accusations.

Demand the University of Alabama stand behind Black faculty and staff!

[ [link removed] ]Rehire Dr. James Riley now!

Thank you,

James Rucker

 

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