An Assembly Bill before the California legislature would require the University of California Hastings College of the Law to recognize the ‘atrocities’ committed by its founder nearly 170 years ago. UC- Hastings board members and tribal leaders have discussed reparation.
An Assembly Bill before the California legislature would require the University of California (UC) Hastings College of the Law to recognize the “atrocities” committed by its founder nearly 170 years ago.
The text currently specifies that the college would afterward be known as the College of the Law.
As a condition of the bill, members of the Round Valley Indian Tribes and the Yuki Indian Committee must contribute to proposed changes before the name can be officially adopted.
A June 3 meeting, however, resulted in disagreement between UC Hastings board members and tribal leaders.
“College of the Law: San Francisco” was dismissed due to the “death and destruction” that tribal members associate with the city.
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