Showing posts with label African-American Studies. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Turmoil at Temple: Excerpts of The Blackboard's interview with Dr. Anthony Monteiro

By Charles Brooks
See an excerpted version of The Blackboard’s interview with Dr. Anthony Monteiro below:

The Blackboard (BB): So what are the next steps Dr. Monteiro to address this issue? Where do you go from here?

Dr. Anthony Monteiro (DAM):We’re developing a united front – a coalition of labor, faith based organizations – that is everybody from Christian, to Muslim to Buddist to Hari Karishna – whoever you might be, grassroot community organizations, scholars, students, and youth. A coalition that is saying to the administration of Temple University, this is not acceptable, Dr. Monteiro has to be reinstated, you have to override the actions of this Dean, and that if you do not accede to what we consider are the just demands of the black community for education and for scholars who would educate our children as well as white children, if you do not accede to that, we will take action to force the university to do the right thing.