UCLA student council doesn't appoint member because she's Jewish
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Let's get our facts straight. The didn't omitt her. There was an initial deadlock vote, and then later in the same meeting they again voted and unanimously appointed her to the board.
Funny how it went from 50/50 to unanimous. I think someone must have pointed out to them what was said, on the record no less, and what the repercussions might be. I don't think half the council miraculously had a change of heart on their own. This is meaningless though. You can't put the cat back in the bag. Her religion should not have even been brought up as a deciding factor, regardless of how the vote turned out in the end.
This is not (as far as I know) a paid position. However, it is a leadership position, and one that could help with future advancement, either academic or professional. Are you implying that it's OK to discriminate in such cases?
Now, how about if the school decided they would not let any blacks (or hispanics, or Asians, etc) enroll. Would that be acceptable? Discrimination backed by the power of the university, especially a publicly funded one, can not be tolerated.
We have a racist Congressional Black Caucus that publicly discriminates and no one says "Boo" about it.
UCLA is a well known extremely left wing school. They were in the news a couple years ago for outlawing the use of the term "illegal alien" on campus. The person being discriminated against was Jewish while the left wing is known to be supportive of the Palestinians in the middle east conflicts. And then the liberals on this board, in complete contrast to their reactions in any case of discrimination involving blacks, women, Muslims, or homosexuals, come down on the side of moderation and reserving judgment.
Anybody who does not see the connections there is either a complete fool or is being deliberately and willfully ignorant.
UCLA is a well known extremely left wing school. They were in the news a couple years ago for outlawing the use of the term "illegal alien" on campus. The person being discriminated against was Jewish while the left wing is known to be supportive of the Palestinians in the middle east conflicts. And then the liberals on this board, in complete contrast to their reactions in any case of discrimination involving blacks, women, Muslims, or homosexuals, come down on the side of moderation and reserving judgment.
Except for Roth, all of these people are minorities. Now from what the media tells us minorities can't be racists, so therefore the people calling these minorities anti-semite, they are the ones who are racist.
The appropriate headline should be:
UCLA student council doesn't appoint member because she's RACIST
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