Stop discrimination Auburn: Grant Tenure to this Highly Deserving Woman Professor of Color

Greetings,
This petition is about treating every human being equally and fairly. Prejudice has no place in our society. I am appalled and dismayed at the lack of impartiality and justice for the tenure of this color Professor.

This is about a Woman Professor of color who has been denied tenure although her credentials are far superior to the faculty members who were granted tenure in last several years in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Auburn University.
I did some investigation myself and found out that this professor is the only faculty member in her Department to receive prestigious “Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)” award from the President of USA. Please read the news at-
http://clinton6.nara.gov/2000/04/2000-04-11-president-clinton-honors-outstanding-young-scientists.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79276514.html
How many PECASE awardees are there at AU? She has published closed to a dozen peer reviewed scientific articles in various science journals between 2005 and 2011 during her time at Auburn.
Federal Government funding agencies who have funded her research work are National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). How many professors do you have at Auburn University with funding from three major Federal Agencies such as NIH, NSF and USDA at the same time? She is also a very sincere and a good teacher as rated by her students as well as by her peers.
Why then has she been denied tenure? How could you deny her tenure? Is there a word called “shame” in Auburn’s dictionary? This is absolutely unjust. Do we want excellent scientists and teachers for our children or not? Is it still 18th century for Auburn? Are we back to East Alabama Male College? It is hard to believe that discrimination is still continuing at Auburn University in this century. She is the first color person to be hired on a tenure-track position in 2005 and the first color person to go up for tenure in that Department. What a shame!
This is a public University. It does not belong to some prejudiced, self serving people and administrators. Auburn University gets a share of our tax money. We have as much say as those few self-serving, prejudiced, ignorant, arrogant and intolerant folks who unfortunately could not keep up with the times. They are still in the 18th century.
Wake up, Auburn. Stop discrimination and injustice. Embrace diversity. Is Auburn University a public institution of higher learning? Auburn, what are you teaching our children? Please do not make us all feel ashamed of you.
This Professor has my full support. I call on Auburn University to be champion on embracing diversity and justice by granting tenure to this Professor. It is a shame that this is happening when President Obama is our President.
Thank you all for your time and I request your support for this petition and to stop this injustice, intolerance and discrimination..

Jean T. Baker