The39thStep
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Goldsmiths University Diversity officer facing sack
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andysays
Love and solidarity
Am I missing something? She doesn't claim to be black there?
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
She doesn't claim to be black there, but I think that article gives you an idea of the Metro's attitude in general.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i did not suggest that brave = stupid
gosub
~#
From this thread I'd guess her job is all about race. Odd, if I was disabled and a Goldsmiths student, and had a load students stopping me disability support, i did would of thought her office would have been my next port of call. To find that she wasn't there and was in fact trying to arrange my grievance was shouted down, would have pissed me right off, more so than her wanting me killed. (being white and male)Well if she was being paid to do stuff then she shouldnt be doing occupations although what exactly a diversity officer does day to day is anyones guess
andysays
Love and solidarity
Very first line of story
Direct quote from Mustafa herself
Black, ethnic minority, and person/woman of colour are being used as effective synonyms here.
She banned 'men' and 'white people' from an event she was organising and then made references to people of colour - so she doesn't seem to consider herself white
no she doesn't claim to be black either
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I don't know why she's put herself in the sentence though. Women in general cannot be sexist towards men, and people from ethnic minorities cannot be racist towards the predominant ethnic group. But, like probably a great many other things, she only seems to be interested in this stuff as it pertains to her personally.
Also, 'not racist' does not necessarily mean 'not an idiot'.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Sorry, I should have been clearer about the synonym bit.
What I meant was that the terms are widely used as such within student identity politics circles, not that they're being used as such on this thread.
It is strictly true that whoever said on this thread she was saying she herself was black is incorrect, but IMO that's not especially important in the overall context.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I'm not gonna watch that but I would just like to award this woman an extra 40,000 irony points for having a black woman stand there and hold her microphone for her.
Posters in thread were complaining that she isn't black enough or something. I was just wondering where that came from, as it seems to have formed the bulk of the discussion so far.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
I wouldn't believe the uni on that one, knowing how much uni of Birmingham have lied about occupations here, I'd be very surprised if any student was blocked from accessing support services, unless it was by university security staff.
gosub
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so the uni has resorted to lying in a petition, to get a referendum that mght see her sacked.
Fingers
From Tuscany SE22
That was not in the petition, it was in the Goldsmith's TAB
http://goldsmiths.tab.co.uk/2015/04...r-they-shut-down-disability-support-building/
andysays
Love and solidarity
IMO the issue is not whether she is "black enough", whatever exactly people think that means, but that she has apparently countered various claims of wrong-doing on her part by saying
She's using her BME position to attempt to deflect any criticism in an utterly dishonest and disengenuous way
BigTom
Well-Known Member
Not necessarily, but plausible, uni of bham has lied like that on two separate occasions to (try to) do exactly that to union officers here, more likely just general lying to seek to discredit the occupation/occupiers, as that will have been an agreed line to take when talking about the occupation.
J Ed
Follow Back Pro Expropriation
Within the subculture of the subculture (left-wing student politics) this is a totally valid, and indeed basically the only, response. Look at social media around the NUS elections and it's basically just student politics grouplets using this language against each other over and over. No actual politics or logical argumentation, just this stuff.
gosub
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From the petition: "This is especially relevant to the repercussions of the recent occupation she was involved in leading. During the occupation she booked a short amount of leave and then declared she was ‘on leave until further notice’, leaving students without an official Welfare and Diversity Officer. When asked to attend a meeting intended to allow disabled students to voice their concerns in a safe space where they would not be shouted down, she complained to the organiser that this was a negative sounding meeting and asked people to attend to voice support for the occupation. This has actively oppressed the voices of disabled students seeking to speak to their representative officers."
So a load of disabled people that weren't prevented from accessing disability services, decided they needed a meeting to complain / or make one up in order to help counter some militants. That's MORE plausible than the alternative version of events?
Yeah, she's full of shit. Countering her shit by saying she isn't black enough doesn't strike me as the most effective method though. That we're discussing her at all seems a bit odd.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
She probably doesn't identify as a fucking idiot either. Doesn't mean she isn't one.
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Fingers
From Tuscany SE22
Not as far as I know. I searched her name before I posted
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
And in the end it still just comes down to which candidate has the most friends, or the bossiest friends.
It also helps if your mates are studying philosophy or politics, not for debates or anything but because they'll have loads more free time to put up posters and stuff because they never have any proper work to do.
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