It is because we are tired of commitments and priorities. The rhetoric never ends. While it is exciting to watch the absurd play with words at negotiation meetings, it is alarming to realize the extent of racism prevalent at the highest level of the administration. We have met four times since we left Goodell and we are still trying to get confirmed timeliness and a confirmed plan of action on what has already been agreed upon. And the nightmare continues.
Every session ends with rhetoric inflated with nothingness.
If the administrators along with the faculty share any responsibility in their role as educators on this campus, the impact of this run-around on the students has been completely negative. As far as the students are concerned, the general understanding is that negotiations have yet to begin because we are still clarifying and qualifying the so called commitments. We negotiate when an issue will be brought to the table. No new issues outside the 21 commitments have been discussed at any of the negotiations. Only an institution that has lost credibility could treat its students as shoddily as students of color have been treated on this campus.