Principles of Community

The UC Berkeley School of Public Health released its “Principles of Community,” which outline a schoolwide commitment aimed at fostering a campus culture of inclusion, respect and safety for all.

In her response, Christ mourned the victims of the three shootings, offered condolences to those affected and advocated for the UC Berkeley community to stand together against discrimination and gun violence.

Now, many privileged communities strategically co-opt the concept of free speech to legitimize their open hatred of historically subordinated populations and to strategically disguise their prejudiced, dehumanizing ideologies as benign political opinion.

Since Wednesday, multiple students and faculty have reported the presence of posters throughout campus that were determined by UC Berkeley administration to contain anti-Semitic rhetoric.

An email sent Friday from Chancellor Nicholas Dirks to faculty, students and staff proved controversial among some UC Berkeley faculty after it called for politeness in campus discourse.