Thursday, October 16, 2014

Transgender "Men" in a Women's College

This story is NOT from the Onion! It is a true story.  Wellesley College is a well-known elite(ist) college.  (Didn't Hillary Clinton go there?)  So what happens when a woman enters the school but then later identifies as a man?  And what happens when "Timothy" runs for the office of "multicultural affairs coordinator" against several other women "of color"?  Excerpt:


Last spring, as a sophomore, Timothy decided to run for a seat on the student-government cabinet, the highest position that an openly trans student had ever sought at Wellesley. The post he sought was multicultural affairs coordinator, or “MAC,” responsible for promoting “a culture of diversity” among students and staff and faculty members. Along with Timothy, three women of color indicated their intent to run for the seat. But when they dropped out for various unrelated reasons before the race really began, he was alone on the ballot. An anonymous lobbying effort began on Facebook, pushing students to vote “abstain.” Enough “abstains” would deny Timothy the minimum number of votes Wellesley required, forcing a new election for the seat and providing an opportunity for other candidates to come forward. The “Campaign to Abstain” argument was simple: Of all the people at a multiethnic women’s college who could hold the school’s “diversity” seat, the least fitting one was a white man.

A clear case of discrimination!  (But is it unjust discrimination?)

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