Role at the time: UC Santa Cruz professor and UC Ethnic Studies Council member, quoted email
"his strategic silence, which amounts to sanctioning violence"
Hong criticizes Sures's failure to speak out and alleges that it forms part of discriminatory conduct toward Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians.
- First noted
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- People and groups discussed
- Jay Sures
Why we used this label
The email directly criticizes Sures; the allegation remains attributed to Hong rather than adopted as a finding.
Context
Before the quotation
The newspaper sought comment while reporting the council's resignation demand.
After the quotation
Hong's email date and time are unspecified; September 10 publication date is a proxy and 12:00 UTC is a storage placeholder. This is not an official UC statement or evidence of an active refusal by Sures.
Sources
Secondary reporting of a council statement reportedly issued Monday, September 7, and a separate email from Christine Hong. The council is a faculty organization, not UC administration. Hong's email time is unknown; September 10 is a publication-date proxy and 12:00 UTC on the position is a storage placeholder. Nonresponse by the UC president's office is not an explicit refusal by Sures.