Student Evaluations and Facutly Advancement

Word on the street is that there is a push from some professors (led? by Dean Burton and Professor Bratspies) to not take student evaluations into account for any faculty determinations.
Update: We have received information that Professors Burton and Bratspies have not taken this position, instead it was Professor Edwards who talked about discounting student evaluations, maybe or maybe not on Burton and Bratspies behalf.

The push is to not use student evaluations for anything. Not for promotions, not for hiring, not for tenure, not for raises, nothing. Importantly, the professional development committee and tenure committees don't receive information on student complaints made to the Academic Dean about faculty members, even though they are supposed to do "fact-finding" for promotions and tenure.

The Professors are concerned that evaluations are based on nothing but racism, classism and sexism.

Is there way to acknowledge that racism, sexism and classism are real problems at CUNY but so is poor teaching?

Is discounting student evaluations the way to address either problem?

How do we hold professors accountable for bad teaching and make ourselves aware of our own prejudices?