(London) The National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK isn't known for promoting common sense values. Its repertoire of stupidity includes:
A Mexican restaurant was banned from handing out sombreros
to freshers by student union officials at the University of East Anglia last
year. Staff at Pedro’s Tex Mex Cantina said they were “celebrating the culture“
at freshers’ fair, but were told they were breaking the union’s equality
regulations by promoting racist imagery and cultural appropriation.
The NUS refused to pass a motion condemning ISIS for fears
it could condemn Muslims as a whole. The motion asked students “to boycott
anyone found to be funding the IS or supplying them with goods, training,
travel or soldiers,” which newly elected president Malia Bouattia argued could
encourage the suppression and surveillance of Muslims.
An NUS motion said: “Misogyny, transphobia, racism and
biphobia are often present in LGBT+ societies,” blaming “cis gay men” in
particular. It advised university LGBT+
societies to drop the gay men’s rep, as they were not a marginalised group
within the LGBT movement.
However my favourite is this stupid infantile statement:
Which is why they tweeted this the other day:
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Here's the programme for Black Feminism, Womanism and the Politics of Women of Colour in Europe! 💥🎉🎊🙌🏾 https://t.co/kFKLYy0s6F pic.twitter.com/M6a27CtGfK— Akwugo Emejulu (@AkwugoEmejulu) 19 April 2017
