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Massachusetts: Discredited former UMass chancellor Randolph Bromery, black educator, forces anti-white, pro-minority scholarships on the University of Massachusetts. |
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black former UMass administrator Fund to aid minority students
in the sciences (AP 12/02/99 - dead link) ''The fund represents a larger philosophy of increasing the numbers of African-Americans in the scientific professions across the board,'' said Bromery. The Associated Press story mentions that Randolph Bromery was also state chancellor of higher education and president of Springfield College, and that he was interim president of Westfield State College. The Associated Press story pointedly does NOT discuss the circumstances surrounding Bromery's departure from those two institutions. (See Analysis, below.)
The fund will be controlled by Bromery and his wife, and the actual minority-only
(non-white) funds are being donated by NYNEX. The total amount of the fund may
exceed $250,000. (Gee, Adversity.Net thought the IRS rules were quite clear that
non-profit, tax-exempt organizations and foundations could NOT be racially
exclusive! Guess we were wrong! Do you suppose that means means that the IRS
has issued a special exemption for anti-white, pro-minority scholarship funds in the case
of the Bromery scholarships? Adversity.Net would be MOST interested to see the
specific IRS ruling in this case.) (Based on Associated Press 12/02/99 as it
appeared in the Boston Globe) Commentary
and Analysis: The following are the observations of Brad Wilson, Executive Director of the National Association of Scholars, Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Wilson's comments are in response to the AP story about the Bromery "minority scholarships". Brad Wilson writes: "On the face of it, [Bromery's] race-based scholarship looks to be unconstitutional. But that's not the only remarkable thing about it. Randolph Bromery, the benefactor, is mentioned in the [Associated Press] article as a former president of Springfield College. What is not mentioned are his efforts to turn Springfield College into a re-education camp and the circumstances of his departure from Springfield. Here is what I wrote on this matter in a past NAS newsletter: "...Or take the administration of President Randolph Bromery at Springfield College in Massachusetts, worthy of dishonorable mention in the next edition of The Shadow University. Mr. Bromery, a geophysicist by training and a former chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, decided to make "diversity" the main concern of university life. Committees were appointed to advance a diversity agenda. The Institutional Priorities Committee dutifully issued a report on the president's behalf announcing that the emphasis for Springfield College should be on individuals of various racial/ethnic categories, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from other countries. It is also important to note that the diversity of faculty is of critical importance under this priority and that the Committee also seeks a more diverse staff population. "A few years after the campus had been thrown into turmoil by the administration's politically correct action to change the name of the college's sports teams from the Chiefs to the Pride, the Racial Diversity Committee brought in a Native American activist to stir things up again, resulting in the student takeover of an administration building. The committee also satisfied its social conscience by issuing imperious decrees like this one:
"Mandatory faculty development programs, formerly devoted to nonpolitical pedagogical issues, were enlisted as weapons in the war for social transformation. For example, the spring 1997 Faculty Institute had racial diversity as its theme. There, members of the faculty were compelled to participate in sessions like the following:
(Brad Wilson, Executive Director of the National Association of Scholars, Princeton, New Jersey: continues:) "One faculty member who attended (he dared not skip it) sent a letter to his colleagues describing the experience and what it had meant for him: "I and other more senior colleagues were made to walk in a circle asking and answering pre-set questions and confessing to alleged 'secret racist predispositions' to perfect strangers. The entire exercise was infantile and humiliating." "And then there was the mandatory workshop for those in teacher education, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Education, on "Integrating Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth Issues into Teacher Preparation Programs." "The shadow university at Springfield College did not go unchallenged. A group of faculty joined with the director of campus ministry, Kenneth Childs, to produce a publication by and for Springfield faculty. With its motto "Hey! It's Just Our Opinion!" the journal published articles by Rev. Childs and others that often took issue with decisions of the college president and his administration. On July 22, 1998, a day of infamy at Springfield College, President Bromery fired Rev. Childs from the position he had held for twenty-six years, informing him in writing that his criticism of the president and his administration was "fostering dissention [sic] among College constituencies." When Rev. Childs returned with his wife to the campus ministry center on July 28 to pack up his belongings, he found that the lock on his office door had been changed, and was forced to withdraw materials witnessing to his lifetime of service to his college under the supervision of campus police. Later that evening, Reverend Childs, fifty-six years of age and, before July 22 at least, in perfect health, died of a massive heart attack. (Wilson continues in his analysis of Bromerly):
(Wilson continues): "In addition, one should not underestimate the arrogance that arbitrary power can breed, particularly when it is wielded in the name of social justice. "Soon after Rev. Child's death, the Board of Trustees of Springfield College released a memorandum to the college announcing President Bromery's abrupt retirement. Further corrupting the integrity of the college they govern, the trustees (in an all too common public ritual) praised Mr. Bromery for his "distinguished service to the College" and for his "highly successful career," making no mention of the reasons for his departure, no mention that a grievous wrong had been done by Mr. Bromery to a colleague with twenty more years than he of "distinguished service to the College." Ecrasez l' infame!]
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