Despite the fact Arizona voters passed Prop. 107 into law in 2010, banning affirmative action in public education, employment and contracting, the University of Arizona (UA) is brazenly defying the will of the voters.   

Longtime respected Professor Keiron Bailey, who is white and considered a nationally recognized expert in Geographic Information Science studies and participatory systems, has been battling UA’s DEI leadership for several years. It all began when Bailey raised process and workplace concerns and provided written, concrete and constructive suggestions prior to 2010. In 2015, he suggested UA follow a model of externally-appointed auditors for senior administration reviews, since the administrators held significant power over the employees from whom these evaluations were being requested. He received no response.

In 2017, his wife, who was also working for UA at the time, received a profanity-laden, threatening call in the middle of the night from his dean. “In December 2017 Dr. Bailey’s Dean, Dean Jones, invaded their home by electronic communication at 1am on a Sunday morning as Dr. Bailey and his family were sleeping and he delivered a series of professional and personal threats to his wife Dr. C including threats to terminate her employment, to terminate the employment of co-workers, and to discharge lethal self-harm,” Bailey said in a civil rights complaint he filed against UA. 

But after he reported the harassment to university officials, he was retaliated against. Although officials apologized to his wife, he said........

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