Black UCLA Students: Give Us $40 Million And Teach Everybody ‘Cultural Awareness’

Following the discovery of a photograph of University of California, Los Angeles’ student body president Danny Siegel throwing up a gang sign, the Afrikan Student Union issued a series of demands to the UCLA administration. Specifically, the ASU demands a $40 million endowment “to address African-American underrepresentation on campus” and mandatory “cultural awareness training” for UCLA students. It also called for “safe spaces for ASU and its projects.”

Furthermore, the ASU asked for a “Black Resource Center,” which would “house meeting and safe spaces for ASU and its projects, such as the Academic Supports Program, Students Heightening Access Performance through Educations and the Afrikan Education Project.” Alicia Frison, a senior at UCLA and the chair of the ASU, told The Daily Bruin that other universities have such programs and resources so UCLA ought to follow their lead.