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Fundraiser For "White Male" Illness Dropped
gubachwa writes "The student association at Carleton University in Canada recently voted that Cystic Fibrosis was a charity unworthy of receiving money raised during orientation week fund-raising activities. The reason behind the decision, as given in the motion on which the student association voted, is that Cystic Fibrosis 'has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men.'" I'm speechless.
Did they repeal their racist and sexist attitude or is that still okay?
Cystic fibrosis only affects people who have cystic fibrosis, which is a tiny minority of the population (a much smaller minority than white men). So if they must choose a charity that represents the entire student body, it's clearly not suitable, since most of the students do not have CF and never will.
If that is their criterion, the only choice open to them is just to give the money back to the students. Any other use would be favouring one minority or another.
-- Ed Avis ed@membled.com
The point isn't to benefit either the students OR their communities. Otherwise it would be called "investment", not "charity". "Charity" means helping people AGAINST your own intrest.
If they're mere investment bankers, a sort of insurance salesmen, then they should call themselves such.
So if I claim it's wrong to fund sickle cell research because it only affects black people that's OK? Somehow it sounds like I could get tarred and feathered if I actually said that!
Didn't you know? Racist and sexist opinions against white males are encouraged. Feeling different is considered racist and sexist.