Ottawa university boots cystic fibrosis from charity drive- not "inclusive" enough

[Clintonista2]

OTTAWA -- The Carleton University Students' Association has voted to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual Shinearama fundraiser, supporting a motion that argued the disease is not "inclusive" enough.

Cystic fibrosis "has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men" said the motion read Monday night to student councillors, who voted almost unanimously in favour of it.

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During orientation week this year, Carleton students, who have raised about $1-million over the years, raised about $20,000, said foundation chief executive Cathleen Morrison, who was surprised and dismayed by the student association decision.

The rationale for dropping cystic fibrosis as the beneficiary is not correct, she said. CF is diagnosed just as often among girls as boys, although the health of girls deteriorates more rapidly, she said. It is commonly considered an illness that affects Caucasians, but that includes people from the Middle East, South America, North Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

" ‘Caucasian' as we understand it isn't just white people," said Ms. Morrison. "It includes people with a whole rainbow of skins."

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=992946
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[CreekDog]

1. Egads

what a load.

[valerief]

2. Yeah, white men get all the good diseases!

:sarcasm:

[FLAprogressive]

3. I can't even begin to start on how fucking stupid that is...."political correctness" on overdrive...

[MNDemNY]

4. I know, combine it with a sickle-cell fund raiser.

[cali]

5. Assholes. Stupid Assholes, at that.

[anigbrowl]

6. Way to shoot yourselves in the foot, guys.

[KamaAina]

7. And to the Carleton University Students' Association, I bequeath...