on 30-05-2015 03:03 PM
University diversity officer keeps job despite ‘kill all white men’ tweet
A UNIVERISTY diversity officer who allegedly tweeted “kill all white men”, described white people as “trash” and attempted to ban “cis men” from a social gathering has managed to keep her job.
Bahar Mustafa, 27, a student union officer at the UK’s Goldsmiths University, has been embroiled in a months-long row over a series of alleged racist and sexist incidents, but maintains she cannot be racist because she is an ethnic minority woman.
It all began in February, when Ms Mustafa promoted an event on Facebook inviting only BME, or black and minority ethnic women. “[Please] invite loads of BME Women and non-binary people!!,” she wrote.
“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.”
Ms Mustafa, who organised the student union event to protest against inequality, celebrate racial unity and challenge the “white-centric culture of occupations”, had earlier posted similar invitations to “BME only” social gatherings.
So much power, even the power to hand down ex cathedra prounouncements, seems to attach to the job of a humble student union officer.
on 30-05-2015 03:52 PM
on 30-05-2015 03:59 PM
on 30-05-2015 04:01 PM
lol sounds like an attention seeking nobody.
Goldsmiths said in a statement on Thursday: “To clarify, Bahar Mustafa is not an employee of the university and is not a student. The Students’ Union is independent of Goldsmiths, University of London. It is run by student officials elected by union members.
“Both the University and the Students’ Union are committed to fighting all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism and any other form of bigotry. Goldsmiths has a global reputation for our research in disability, race, faith and feminist studies.
“We are in active discussions with Goldsmiths Students’ Union over this important matter. We are treating all concerns with sensitivity and with the utmost urgency.”
Mustafa was re-elected as Goldsmiths’ Student Union Welfare and Diversity Officer in early March. She was the only candidate and received 639 votes. She is a former MA Gender and Media Studies student at the university.
on 30-05-2015 04:18 PM
it's a well known fact that only whites (anglo saxon heritage) are racist.
30-05-2015 05:38 PM - edited 30-05-2015 05:39 PM
Would you look at that Kopes. If you google ethnicity then the first thing you see is our Kiva team photo.
Aren't we all ethnic?
ps edit: emails like that should go straight to junk mail.
on 30-05-2015 07:21 PM
What does she mean by non-binary ppl?
on 30-05-2015 08:26 PM
Non binary
Are people who are not men or women
Or are both men and women
Or a mixture of both
Or something completely different
This explanation I found
On Google
So I suppose this might include
Gays, tranys, women who drive
Trucks, men who have lost their
Pee-pee in an accident and aliens
And maybe a couple more
That dont immediately spring
to mind
Hope that clears it up lol
on 30-05-2015 09:02 PM
In my opinion whites are the least
Racist
Every time these People have a problem
They blame the color of their skin or their
Religion or ethnic back ground
Did you ever hear a white person
Utter the word discrimination in a real life
Situation
Did you ever hear a white person say
I didn't get that job because I'm white
Did one white person ever entertain
The thought that my life is **bleep**
Because I'm white
No I don't think so
So how can it possibly be that we are
Racist when the color of our skin has
No effect on our life what so ever
Perhaps the fact that some minority groups
Entertain the thought that they are
Inferior to whites creates the delusion
That whites are the racists ones
on 30-05-2015 10:44 PM