Posted on 09/14/2018 11:03:01 AM PDT by Maceman
Student council members at The University of Wisconsin-Madison are demanding the school change the ingredients in the official university ice cream, claiming that the current ingredients are discriminatory toward some minority students.
UW-M’s official ice cream, the Babcock, contains a beef gelatin additive, which according to the legislation, “renders certain communities such as the Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and vegetarian unable to enjoy it without violating their beliefs.”
“It renders certain communities such as the Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and vegetarian unable to enjoy it without violating their beliefs.”
The legislation, titled “Ice Cream for All,” is already has eight sponsors, including the Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary of the Associated Students of Madison Student Council. The ASM student council is comparable to a student government senate. The “Ice Cream for All” legislation will be voted on next Wednesday.
The ASM Student Council can only recommend changes to the university administration. Nothing that the ASM Student Council passes is, in fact, a definitive change.
The legislation states that the Babcock Ice Cream is an important tradition at UW-M, and “it would be a gross act of discrimination to continue to deprive some minority students” from eating the ice cream because of their religious beliefs. Sponsors of the legislation also added that issues like this play a part in the marginalization of students.
“Symbolic issues like these have always and will always play a critical role in whether marginalized students and people feel welcome, included, and connected to their community,” reads the legislation.
However, according to The Badger Herald, Scott Rankin, chair of the food science department, said the university ice cream shop, Babcock Dairy, offers an assortment of ice creams that are gelatin free, adding that it would be hard to replicate the taste of the gelatin-based ice cream.
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However, according to The Badger Herald, Scott Rankin, chair of the food science department, said the university ice cream shop, Babcock Dairy, offers an assortment of ice creams that are gelatin free, adding that it would be hard to replicate the taste of the gelatin-based ice cream.
It's one flavor of ice cream.
Exactly so.
I want it to contain them:
Screw ‘em. U-Mad ice cream is the best student ice cream in the country. Every student there can’t wait to try the newest experimental flavor. My favorite one was sunflower seed, but just about everything was delicious.
Jews and Muslims can eat beef products. But standard geletin is 80% or so pork.
There are vegetarian alternatives such as agar agar. How come they aren’t complaining about pudding and yogurt? Those have geletin in them too as does many candies.
A protest that makes sense? I think not. These whiny babies are still expecting some adult to take care of them rather than taking personal responsibility for themselves.
Can't speak for the others but I've been a Buddhist for 20 years and that is complete and utter horse s#!t.
The Babcock is an important tradition so they want them to change the tradition so all can enjoy this tradition.
This is university thinking these days.
I guess UConn Dairy Bar (to me rank better as Penn State’s Dairy, which is #1) will have a protest soon...(Got to get some Jonathan Tracks sent to me).
They have bacon in their ice cream???
Glad to hear these young heads full of mush have solved another one of the First World’s pressing problems.
In other words beautiful people susceptible to left-leaning fads like PETA, Che, and socialism... Ok.
Their sociopolitical inclinations would not be relevant.
Toughie shittee.
Complaining about stuff is not a virtue.
Also bitching about stuff and having no viable solutions isnt a virtue either.
I’m confused. What’s ‘kosher gelatin’?
I always thought that you couldn’t mix meat and dairy, and that beef-derived gelatin would be considered to be ‘meat’...
How about just serving Styrofoam balls in paper cones since no one cares what it tastes like.
The company should come out with a single flavor - maybe mud - that meets their demands and call it “Babcocks for the socially misfit Snowflakes”
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