White, straight, able-bodied man? You can't attend equality summit

The London Daily Mail ^ | June 6, 2016 | By Eleanor Harding, Education Correspondent

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A lecturers’ union is refusing to let its officers take part in debates at an equality summit if they are white, straight, able-bodied men.

The equality conference of the University and College Union said that members must declare their ‘protected characteristic’ – whether they are gay, disabled, female or from an ethnic minority – when applying to attend.

Activists say that it means representatives who do not qualify cannot participate in all of the discussions – even though they have been elected by their union branch.

They would be barred from ‘break-out’ sessions that organisers claim are a ‘safe space’ for those with the ‘protected characteristics’ to talk openly about their situations.

There are four sections of the conference – for women, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, ethnic minorities and those with disabilities.

Though there were also some ‘joint sessions’ last year, for break-out discussions reps must have the relevant ‘characteristic’.

That means reps would be barred from debates on areas they were not affected by, and a straight, white man who was not disabled would be unable to attend any....

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FULL TITLE: White, straight, able-bodied man? You can't attend equality summit: Lecturers' union members must declare their 'protected characteristic' when applying to attend

[Captainpaintball]

So if a white male tries to get in, and says he's a gay black female, the same people that think it is OK for a man to identify as a female will say "NO!"

When the SHTF, the society falls, and survival is at stake, I will sneak "So, are you a liberal or a Conservative?" into my conversations with people. Woe be the ones who answer incorrectly.

[2ndDivisionVet]

My IV antibiotics nurse passed that test earlier today when I gingerly brought it into the conversation. But this is Texas, after all.

[corbe]

“PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER”.

Groucho Marx

[Captainpaintball]

For now... Keep an eye on the scum waltzing across the border and that gay alien lizard pod humanoid Castro

[This_far]

Would that restriction put ‘white, straight women’ at the top of their list of discriminators? (discriminatars?)

[Bullish]

Well they sure are afraid to have a REAL debate then aren't they? They want to sit around and whine about all their grievances without worrying about any troubling ‘other ideas’ and viewpoints to inhibit their sense of victim hood.

Totally worthless bastards running our colleges these days. Totally worthless.

[Bullish]

I do believe that was first said by Mark Twain... Groucho stole it.

[A_perfect_lady]

Why would a white man want to attend a whine fest? He’d just be a moving target.

[thoughtomator]

qualifying ‘protected characteristics’

- not white
- not male
- not sane

[lafroste]

I stole it and modified it to:

I won't date any woman who would go out with a man like me.