Senate Bill 2742

    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2742

    By Senators Jones, Forman, Hargrett, Casas, Meek,
    Dawson-White, Klein, Silver, Diaz-Balart, Gutman, Geller,
    Saunders and Holzendorf



    40-2219D-99

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution condemning the racism and bigotry

  3         espoused by Florida State University Professor

  4         Glayde Whitney.

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  6         WHEREAS, it is a basic and inalienable right of all

  7  Floridians, as written in the Constitution of the State of

  8  Florida that "All natural persons, female and male alike, are

  9  equal before the law," and "No person shall be deprived of any

10  right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical

11  disability" (Section 2, Article I of the State Constitution),

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13         WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Florida also

14  states that "Every person may speak, write, and publish

15  sentiments on all subjects but shall be responsible for the

16  abuse of that right" (Section 4, Article I of the State

17  Constitution), and

18         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate opposes racism, bigotry,

19  and all forms of ethnic and religious intolerance, and

20         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate supports policies that

21  uphold provisions of the Constitution of the State of Florida

22  and provide equal opportunity for all, and

23         WHEREAS, Florida State University tenured Professor

24  Glayde Whitney, through his writings and utterances,

25  promulgates dogma that supports white supremacy and

26  anti-Semitism and undermines the efforts of the Florida Senate

27  to advance equal opportunity for all, and

28         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate concludes that Professor

29  Whitney's views are amply evidenced by his statements, written

30  and oral, regarding genetic predispositions, and his

31  affiliations with known supremacist and separatist groups, and

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2742
    40-2219D-99




  1         WHEREAS, the Florida Senate concludes that Florida

  2  State University Professor Glayde Whitney's writings and

  3  utterances are abhorrent and contravene and seek to undermine

  4  the basic rights written in the State of Florida Constitution,

  5  its statutes, and its policies, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  7  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  9         That the Florida Senate condemns the racist,

10  intolerant, and divisive teachings of Professor Glayde Whitney

11  as an affront to the values and morals of our state and

12  nation, and repudiates his views with this instrument of

13  truth.

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