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The following statement was approved by a majority of the History department faculty.
Statement in Support of Racial Justice and Anti-Racism
We believe that Black lives matter. We join our colleagues throughout SJSU in condemning the recent publicized killings of Black Americans as well as so many other Black lives ended by police violence. As historians, we are well placed to understand the roots of policing in slave patrols and the deep and ongoing connection between the American criminal justice system and the maintenance of white supremacy.
Yet, it is time for us to not just shed light on systemic racism and the multiple institutions in our nation that perpetuate inequalities. It is time for us to play an active role in dismantling such systems, starting with reforms to American institutions to address the disjuncture between the nation’s aspirational values and its reality on the ground.
