Posted on 05/22/2015 4:45:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
'I Can't Be Racist Because I'm an Ethnic Minority Woman', Says Goldsmiths University Diversity Officer Bahar Mustafa
A student union officer who banned white people and men from an event promoting equality has claimed she "cannot be racist" because she is an ethnic minority woman.
Goldsmiths University's student union welfare and diversity officer Bahar Mustafa sparked a backlash when she told white people and men they should not attend an event on "diversifying the curriculum".
She 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.”
Her comments were branded "laughable" and "patronising" by fellow students.
And Goldsmiths University said it had written to the union to "express concern" at the comments, and added: "We are proud of our diverse community and do not tolerate any form of oppression, including racism, sexism or any other form of bigotry.”
But Ms Mustafa, 27, has hit back in the row, describing the backlash over her Facebook post as "only one in a series of attacks upon minority women on campus.”
In a statement read out to fellow students, she accused the media of embarking on a "witch hunt and shameful character assassination".
She said: "There have been charges laid against me that I am racist and sexist towards white men.
"I, an ethnic minority woman, cannot be racist or sexist towards white men, because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender.
"Therefore, women of colour and minority genders cannot be racist or sexist, since we do not stand to benefit from such a system.”
In a seven-minute statement, she also accused people who "benefit from white supremacy" of "clinging on" to power and added: "We are not going down without as fight."
She said: "Reverse racism and reverse sexism are not real.
"We will not be silenced; we are militant. The world is not ready for minorities to challenge the status quo, but resistance to our resistance is futile."
Her speech drew applause from a crowd of students gathered at an event at Goldsmith's in New Cross last week.
The student's union had previously said it was reviewing how it communicates with people to "avoid any future misunderstandings" after the backlash over Ms Mustafa's comments ahead of the scheduled event in April.
It added: “Challenging societal inequality has been at the core of our campaigns and we try to do this pro-actively in our everyday work, so the accusation that we discriminate is one we refute wholeheartedly.”
Racism is simply holding distain and/or hatred for another race. Don’t complicate things or the term will lose all meaning except as a rallying cry for polical/ideological groups. Kind of like what is going on now.
My negro fatigue is flaring up again...
We aren't either missy.
She’s not even black, lol.
I assume that “non-binary” means more than two genders.
Well, then neither was P.W. Botha and his predecessors.
I think we got down to the nub of the problem George Orwell predicted:
“Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others.
“Comrades!” he cried. “You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!”
And in the USA, the pigs praise and worship Massa Obama.
Ignorance beyond belief
Masquerading her own prejudices, then trying to cover them up
Bitch should be fired ASAP . . and never hired again, as she’s exposed herself as a bigot through and through
'I Can't Be Racist Because I'm an Ethnic Minority Woman', Says Goldsmiths University Diversity Officer Bahar MustafaI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that my . . . children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.. . . but that day is not yet.
Ignorance beyond belief
“History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies the same defeats
Keep your finger on important issues
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues”
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“Charged with insults and flattery
Her body moves with malice
Do you have to be so cruel to be callous”
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“I come to you beyond belief”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZGNJTdh-Z0
I am a white male and am not protected by political correctness, therefore I cannot be racist.
Slavery is alive and well in isLame. Just another strange attraction for the melanly blessed. Another strange fact is the Arabs though so much of black folks they didn't even bother to come up with a separate word for black and slave.
They’re trying to change the definition of racism in order to exonerate blacks burning down Korean grocery stores, gunning down Latino cops, or attacking old white men at bus stops. Next they’ll have to change the definition of hypocrisy.
“non-binary”??
The hag at this London, England university is a faggot marxist.
Looks totes ethnic to me. I'd clearly spot her was "white arab" from like feet away.
Bit of a porker...
How convenient that she can rationalize her race hatred and misandry behind the mantle of perpetual victimhood.
Wish us white males had that much privilege.
“I, an ethnic minority woman, cannot be racist or sexist towards white men, because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender.”
Keep telling yourself that Bahar, or whatever your real name is. Also tell yourself that you’re not ugly. I don’t think you’ll convince yourself of either lie, however.
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