#WeDidntForget
#BlackLivesMatter #WeStandWithJaneDoe Dear Horned Frog Community and Fort Worth Community: This long, uphill battle has been a wave of passion-filled, adrenaline-filled activism and indescribable fatigue and disappointment. The toll that oppression takes on an individual is only exacerbated when that person is not only made responsible to carry the burden of activism, but also to resolve the myriad of systemic issues for the oppressive structures and individuals that contribute to their marginalization. Even in the coalition’s absence, the university has still failed to act on their own behalf in good faith for the genuine goodwill of its student body and surrounding community. The university has been a host for and contributor to violence against its Black community members, its Latinx community members, its Asian community members, its Indigenous community members, its LGBTQIA community members, its international community members, its Middle Eastern community members, and many other historically marginalized communities. They have NOT been apologetic. They have NOT been urgent. They have NOT been accountable reconcilers. To hide behind a faceless, thoughtless post simply hashtagging Black Lives Matter, yet NOT explicitly investing in the Black Lives within your university--- the Black Lives you will quickly use for good publicity, for recruitment, and for athletics--- speaks much LOUDER than and more SUBSTANTIVELY than every single disingenuous tweet you have posted and every single private and vague email you have sent. One would assume that after YEARS of hearing students speak to this disingenuousness, the university would actually listen to their free criticism and employ more competent tactics or people; however, that would also require good faith. The performative “activism” of this university lacks actual leadership who will not explicitly and personally attach themselves and their constituents to actual statements and restorative work. With a hundred-million-dollar budget, a ten-plus million-dollar endowment, and a $1B fundraising goal, there is NO reason that the university has not invested funds in our demands, the Black Lives Matter movement, victims of police brutality, some of whom come from its own community, or bail funds for its community’s protesters. We know you do NOT believe Black Lives Matter because: You refuse to provide justice for Jane Doe 1, 2, and 3. You refused to terminate to Jane Does’ perpetrators due to “lack of precedent” and allowed them to remain on campus to enact power and fear until they could make their own graceful exits on their terms. You refuse to atone for the 1921 lynching of Fred Rouse committed by your own faculty and students. You refuse to restructure the Title IX office. You refuse to dissolve on-campus conduits of systemic racism and corruption such as the John V. Roach Honors College and Residence Hall. You refuse to remove statues that glorify Confederate soldiers. You refuse to acknowledge the truth behind our founders. You refuse to publicly commit to building a cross-cultural center with pre-written requirements and structures yet attempted to “substitute” this necessity with a single floor of classrooms used like a time share between all students. You refuse to amplify and qualify the voices of marginalized students due to fear of “excluding white students”. You refuse to implement harsh zero-tolerance sanctioning against hate speech and propaganda after a plethora of ignored reports of the use of slurs and unresolved cases of white supremacist propaganda posted around campus. You refuse to invest in the needs of LGBTQIA students that have repeatedly been brought to your attention after being a haven for homophobic organizations, cancelling a trans-centered event for the community, and outing LGBTQIA students for good publicity while silently exposing them to a hateful community you refuse to hold accountable. You refuse to amplify the spaces that actually validate marginalized students and further contribute to their existence as enclaves. You refuse to act with urgency to increase and diversify financial opportunity for marginalized students and lower and middle-class students. You refuse to act with urgency and fervor to enact shared governance between the student body and the Board of Trustees. You refuse to hold your student-ran government systems and organizations accountable to proclaimed commitments of DEI. You refuse to explicitly denounce visitors and their behaviors that violate your supposed values for DEI. You refuse to make personal statements on behalf of specific DEI resolutions, values, and current events. You refuse to offer resolution to the many grievances of historically marginalized students yet invite them to share their stories. You refuse to expand the hire for competent leaders for equity and justice on campus. You refuse to financially compensate and explicitly praise students for their labor to make DEI an actual reality on campus. You refused to publicly acknowledge and sign our demands 479 days ago. Coalition for University Justice & Equity (CUJE)
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