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Saturday, May 2, 2015

School banned white people from 'anti racism' rally



Goosestepping into the Future


(Daily Mail)  -  A students' union has backed a welfare and diversity officer's decision to ban white people and men from an event to promote equality.

University College London Union has released a statement saying it 'stands in solidarity' with Bahar Mustafa, the officer at Goldsmiths Students' Union, who sparked controversy last week.

Goldsmiths students were invited to the meeting to discuss 'diversifying the curriculum', but were shocked when Miss Mustafa told white people and men ‘not to come’ as it was only open to BME [black and minority ethnic] women.

Goldsmiths' union eventually backed down after backlash from students, one of whom described the exclusive policy as ‘patronising beyond belief’.

In a statement on its website, University College London Union says: 'We at UCLU stand in solidarity with Bahar Mustafa and the network and are disappointed in the decision to now allow ‘white allies’ to attend such events.

'Self-defining spaces are so important because the reality is it is not possible to have the discussions that need to be had with your oppressors in the room – even if they are not saying anything.'

Miss Mustafa, 27, wrote on Facebook: ‘Invite loads of BME Women and non-binary people!! Also, if you’ve been invited and you’re a man and/or white PLEASE DON’T COME just cos i invited a bunch of people and hope you will be responsible enough to respect this is a BME Women and non-binary event only.’

Non-binary is a term used to describe people who do not consider themselves exclusively male or female.

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