UK: Straight White Men Banned From Equality Conference

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2016-06-07 20:54

Article here. Excerpt:

'News that a university lecturers’ union has banned straight, white men from attending their equality conferences in a bid to create “safe spaces” is deeply depressing.

University and College Union equality conferences are held exclusively for women, LGBT, ethnic minorities or disabled people, and members must declare their “protected characteristic” when applying to attend.

Surely UCU can see the irony of hosting an equality conference where – as George Orwell wrote – some are more equal than others?'

Like0 Dislike0

Comments

When they're not straight white guys, of course!

But to be fair, why would anyone want to go somewhere where they are sure to be denounced and despised? I mean seriously, how many black people actually would WANT to go to a neo-Nazi rally?

Same idea, different criteria. But the hatred is the same: arbitrary, emotional, fed with lies and bigotry. Only in this case, it receives institutional support and sponsorship from a supposedly intellectually liberal institution. Egad.

Like0 Dislike0
Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2016-06-07 20:58