UC Irvine Student Gov. Bans American Flag from
‘Inclusive’ Space
by Daniel Nussbaum 6 Mar 2015 Irvine, CA
The undergraduate governing body at the University of California, Irvine,
voted this week to remove the American flag and
all other flags from its lobby, after arguing in part that flags are “symbols
of patriotism or weapons of nationalism.”
According
to Campus Reform, R50-70,
authored by Social Ecology Representative Matthew Guevara, was passed by the
Associated Students of University of California Irvine (ASUCI) by a vote of
6-4, with two abstentions. The language of the bill claims that flags
“construct cultural mythologies and narratives that in turn charge
nationalistic sentiments,” and further charges that “flags construct paradigms
of conformity and sets homogenized standards for others to obtain which in this
country typically are idolized as freedom, equality, and democracy.”
The bill’s long case against the hanging of American flags
includes the accusation that it “has been flown in instances of colonialism and
imperialism,” and that “symbolism has negative and positive aspects that are
interpreted differently by individuals.
“[F]reedom of speech, in a space that claims to be as
inclusive as possible can be interpreted as hate speech,” the bill continues.
The language of the legislation concludes with with three
resolutions: “Let it be resolved that ASUCI make every effort to make the
Associated Students main lobby space as inclusive as possible.” “Let it further
be resolved that no flag, of any nation, may be hanged on the walls of the
Associate Student main lobby space.” “Let it be further be resolved that if a
decorative item is in the Associate student lobby space and issues arise, the
solution will be to remove the item if there is considerable request to do so.”
On Thursday, ASUCI President Reza Zomorrodian spoke out
against the legislation in a post to the organization’s Facebook
page.
“I stand firmly against this piece of legislation, though I
understand the authors intent, I disagree with the solution Council has come
to,” Zomorrodian wrote. “As Chair of the Executive Cabinet we will be having a
conversation about this piece of legislation and deciding what course of action
the cabinet will take collectively.”
University of California, Irvine
Donald
Bren School of Law, Irvine is a law school at the University of California, Irvine.
Note: Erwin Chemerinsky
is the dean for the Donald Bren School
of Law, Irvine, and a director at the American
Constitution Society.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Richard
C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), married to Senator Dianne Feinstein, and a regent at the University of California.
Michael V. Drake
was the VP for health affairs for the University
of California, and is the chancellor for the University of California, Irvine.
Donald
Bren School of Law, Irvine is a law school at the University of California, Irvine.
Donald
L. Bren is the donor for the Donald
Bren School of Law, Irvine, and the founder & chairman for the Donald Bren Foundation.
Pete
Wilson is a director at the Donald
Bren Foundation, and was the California
state government governor.
Jerry
Brown is the California state
government governor, Kathleen L.
Brown’s brother, and Pat Brown’s
son.
Pat
Brown was Jerry Brown & Kathleen L. Brown’s father, and the California state government governor.
Kathleen L. Brown
was the California state government
treasurer, is Jerry Brown’s sister, Pat Brown’s daughter, and a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Video: Is Michelle Obama disrespecting American flag?
14 Sep 2011
by News Editor
If you read her lips she is
saying " ALL THAT FOR A DAMN FLAG"
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Faith Elizabeth
Gay was an attorney at Sidley Austin
LLP, and is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.
Erwin Chemerinsky
is a director at the American
Constitution Society, and the dean for the Donald Bren School of Law, Irvine.
Donald
Bren School of Law, Irvine is a law school at the University of California, Irvine.
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