Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 18:42:20 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: UC Berkeley Bans White People from Community Garden Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <17c2945fd5df91bc$169747$3716115$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 65 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:42:21 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 4040 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c297d328f5985e$80146$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4421 On 4/2/2024 6:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article > <17c2945fd5df91bc$169747$3716115$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com>, > moviePig wrote: > >> On 4/2/2024 12:39 AM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> >>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13257943/UC-Berkeley-accused-system >>> ic-racism-banning-white-people-community-farm.html >>> >>> One of the most progressive and socially liberal schools in the country is >>> cultivating controversy as it faces accusations of racism after it >>> allegedly banned white residents from accessing a community farm on >>> Saturdays. >>> >>> Gill Tract Community Farm in nearby Albany has designated Saturdays >>> exclusively for use by 'Black, Indigenous, and People of Color' (BIPOC) >>> after a complaint was filed with the US Department of Education by the >>> Mountain States Legal Foundation. The move has been denounced by some >>> as an example of 'systemic racism'. >>> >>> Gill Tract Farm was established in 2013 through a partnership between >>> UC-Berkeley and the local communities it serves as a site for urban farming >>> research. Part of the farm's ethos is to support the 'food justice' >>> movement by cultivating crops for healthy meals. >>> >>> William Trachman, general counsel for the Mountain States Legal Foundation >>> has criticized the university's stance. "UC-Berkeley thinks that racial >>> segregation is progressive now, but it's no different than segregation of >>> the past," Trachman told the New York Post. "Preventing Caucasians from >>> accessing Berkeley's College of Natural Resources Farm on Saturdays is a >>> clear violation of Title VI, which bars educational institutions from >>> engaging in or allowing race discrimination." >>> >>> Trachman is calling for a comprehensive investigation into all UC-Berkeley >>> programs to address what he has described as 'systemic racism'. UC-Berkeley >>> has said they were unaware of the discrimination complaint until being >>> contacted by the media. >>> >>> "Saturdays are exclusively BIPOC. Exceptions have only been made for events >>> that are BIPOC-centered and with plenty of advance notice and planning," an >>> email sent by the garden's manager read. "I trust you stand in solidarity >>> with upholding boundaries around that safe and sacred space." >>> >>> After being contacted about the allegations, a spokesperson for the >>> university denied all knowledge of the farm's special Saturday policy. >>> >>> "The Gill Tract's website and calendar make no mention whatsoever of any >>> program or activity of the sort described in the complaint. Having said >>> that, the university takes complaints like this extremely seriously and >>> I can assure you that on Monday I will contact the appropriate people on >>> campus in an effort to determine what the facts are," UC-Berkeley >>> spokesman Dan Mogulof stated. >> >> Stupid, but maybe too un-representative to prevail. > > Day after day comes incident after incident showing this sort of thing > is hardly unrepresentative. 'Progressive' leftism, particularly in > academia, is openly racist toward white people, and people like you, > Effa, and Hutt never condemn it. You just shrug and brush each one off > as an "isolated anomaly". Well, I just now condemned it, and asked if it was an isolated anomaly.