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Dan Fogelberg's ([info]llama_treats) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-11-28 18:25:00


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Entry tags:internet doctors, jiggawha?, schools, squid brains, university: now anyone can play!

Welcome to the "Least Intelligent Student Union in the Country"
The student council at Carleton University in Ottawa has made a shocking discovery*: Cystic Fibrosis only affects white men, and is therefore not an "inclusive enough" disease to raise money for. Needless to say, this causes a leeeetle backlash.

In response, the person who originally made the motion to remove CF from their charity list is "currently not able to live happily." How sad. :(

ETA: *And by "shocking", I mean "completely false".



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[info]crysiana
2008-11-29 02:01 am UTC (link)
The base assumption is that diversity is a good thing, and representing all people in all areas is a good thing. Which is fine if you're talking about, say, a food bank that does its job and makes sure that regardless of race or ethnicity, everyone gets a proportional amount of food/resources. When you apply it to disease, you look like an asshat, because you are.

When you clearly have no idea how the disease works or what caucasian means, that just makes it infinitely worse.

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