“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.”
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.”
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