Dear Campus Community:

Earlier this week, an offensive flyer was posted across the UC San Diego campus. Several concerned students acting in the spirit of upholding our Principles of Community brought this incident to the attention of UC San Diego staff. We wish to commend these students for their prompt and proactive commitment to improving our campus climate.

The flyer intentionally demeaned and dehumanized members of our campus community. Its words undermined UC San Diego's commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and damaged the advancements that this campus has made to foster and maintain a climate free of bias and hatred. A hostile campus environment negatively affects everyone, and is particularly harmful to student learning, well-being, and sense of belonging.

We reject this act of hate. We will continue to work to create a student-centered campus where inclusion and respect are the norm. We wholeheartedly support the actions taken to identify those individuals responsible for posting these flyers.

We ask that everyone in our campus community who is committed to fostering and maintaining a climate free of intimidation and discrimination take a stand against this hurtful act. Through individual and collective action, we unite against prejudice and create a campus where everyone thrives within the highest degree of civility, free of hostile and demeaning treatment.  

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