Healing With No Accountablity?

A lot of people are saying that the protest is over and let’s start concentrating on healing.

First of all, the protest isn’t over because the Gallaudet Community is still susceptible to reprisals and retaliations. From many sources, including Bob Johnson’s letter, Jordan is well known for his heavy-handed approach on punishing people who spoke out against the corruption and oppression. So, even with the BoT’s promise, I am seeing proof that there are reprisals. For example, look at me. Why am I still getting threats of reprisals from the pro Fernandes group close to Fernandes five days later after BoT declared no reprisals?

We need to be valiant and examine everything that enabled Gallaudet University to be so crippled by the long chains of oppression and paternalism. They have been there long before Jordan and Fernandes came to the picture. However, they, along with others, not only permitted, but also practice the oppression.

How can we heal if there is no accountability of these people who corrupted the system so much for years and incited the protest to formalize?

Fernandes is out of the picture. I hope she will heal and move on.

However, there remain key figures still in the pictures.

What about Jordan?

People are divided about Jordan. Some said let him go and retire quietly. Others demand that he be accountable for his actions.

Jordan contributed significantly to the issues and his current lack of remorse indicates his lack of responsibility in contributing to this whole mess. He personally violated the university policy of staff conduct repeatedly. Should he be held responsible for his actions? Will the next two months as President hurt Gallaudet Community or not?

What about the PR Dept still singing that “Not Deaf Enough” Mantra? Who told them to chant the same song?

What about Paul Kelly who grinned when the PPDs and DPSs assaulted the students at the Brentwood Lane and later screamed at the police when they refused to arrest these students?

What about the allegations of the acting chairperson of BoT bullying the other members into inaction?

What about the new policy restricting the expressions of the students?

How can we heal if we don’t stop, examine the wounds and cleanse them out? If we don’t, these wounds would become covered just like boils, festering underneath, unhealed.

That was what happened after DPN. We won a big victory when we got the first deaf president. But we didn’t clean up the corrupt system.

Hence another protest, Unity for Gallaudet eighteen years later.

We must clean up the corruption within the University so there wouldn’t be any more oppression.

We need to analyze the role of the key players contributing to the extensive corruption who are still within the university system.

This is the only way the university will heal and move forward to a better and more promising future

Any comments?