The Students’ Union at the University of East Anglia in Norwich banned a local Mexican-themed restaurant (Pedro’s Tex Mex Cantina) from handing out sombreros to students in 2015 as part of a marketing drive. Union officials claimed the hats breached a policy forbidding stall-holders from handing out materials including ‘discriminatory or stereotypical imagery’. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239348
Category: Diversity
Problems with Diversity Part 96
Jenni Murray, presenter of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, upset transgender lobbyists when she said men who had undergone sex-change operations could not claim to be ‘real women’ since they did not have ‘the experience of growing up female’. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239338
Dec 2021. The Removing of Statues and Portraits
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Dec 2021. Conversion Therapy
The government will introduce a legislative ban on the practice of so-called conversion therapy. This consultation seeks views on proposals on how we plan to ban these practices, which particularly affect LGBT people. This consultation closes on Friday 4 February 2022 at 11:45pm. The consultation seeks views on a package of proposed measures that will… Continue reading Dec 2021. Conversion Therapy
Dec 2021. Principles vs Money
What is it with our sportsmen nowadays, oh, perhaps I should say sportspersons. You get the footballers taking the knee in support of Black Lives Matter, a racist organisation if every there was one. But they same footballers will jump at the chance to attend the Qatar World Cup next summer. Qatar has the worst… Continue reading Dec 2021. Principles vs Money
Dec 2021. X and Y Chromosome
X and Y chromosome are the two sex chromosomes in humans. The genes on the sex chromosomes and their downstream factors such as sex hormones act on the tissues of the body and produce the sex difference. Typically, the human genome is composed of twenty three pairs of chromosomes. Twenty two of them are autosomal… Continue reading Dec 2021. X and Y Chromosome
Problems with Diversity Part 95
Sussex University Students’ Union warned members against using the pronouns ‘he’ and ‘she’ to avoid assumptions about identity. ‘They’ and ‘Them’ are said to be the correct, gender-neutral terms. What the hell is going on? https://vk.com/video677203037_456239079
Problems with Diversity Part 94
Last year, a senior professor at a college at Yale University had to resign after he and his wife were accused of downplaying concerns over ‘inappropriate’ Halloween costumes. He was accused of ‘creating space for violence’ and of trivialising students’ concerns because he suggested people could turn away if they felt offended by students in… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 94
Problems with Diversity Part 93
The word ‘Illegal’ is apparently a pejorative word and therefore unacceptable when applied to migrants — even to describe those who have, indeed, entered a country illegally. One set of guidelines in the U.S. states: ‘Actions are illegal, people are not . . . The word ‘illegal’ has been applied and abused by those advocating… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 93
Problems with Diversity Part 92
The Native American headdress is another victim of the cultural appropriation police. Singer Ellie Goulding was accused of racism after tweeting a picture of herself wearing one. ‘Don’t mock a dying race, you insensitive and ignorant excuse of a person,’ screeched one virtue-signalling critic. David Beckham’s son Brooklyn was the target of similar howls of… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 92