Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: UC Berkeley Bans White People from Community Garden Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 19:52:44 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 88 Message-ID: References: <17c2945fd5df91bc$169747$3716115$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> <17c30908ccb6086a$139915$2820980$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:52:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fff165c5883f8104731836352de0d048"; logging-data="1010357"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18hC/aBQZUwelKv8VhnBs4M" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:LZFgWlwO/WNtIQwM6/TU1izSID0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 5701 On 4/4/24 3:26 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article > <17c30908ccb6086a$139915$2820980$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com>, > trotsky wrote: > >> On 4/2/24 5:11 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-syst >>>>> emic-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". >> >> They sound like a bunch of fags that spend too >> much time in circle jerks to get anything accomplished. > > Oh, look, there's Hutt using the 'f-word', the gay equivalent of the > 'n-word', but he won't be called a bigot or a homophobe by either Effa > or moviePig for it. > > Their moral outrage over bigotry and homophobia seems to have a > convenient blind-spot when it comes to their favorite misshapen remora. > I don't baby sit for him. He's an adult. -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0