Black is Black
By WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
Manchester, England
November 18, 2019 4:29am CST
But according to the Universities and Colleges Union in the UK that isn't necessarily the case.
This particular body, which represents 120, 000 UK academics, is taking the stance that people should be able to self-identify as any gender, sexual orientation or even race. They are even suggesting that you can self-identify as disabled!!
So folks, I, as a white, heterosexual, able-bodied male could self-identify as a black, one-legged, lesbian female and be taken seriously by these so-called intelligent people.
They should be self-identifying as unfit to hold any position of authority instead of being responsible for the education of our youth.
I really have never heard of anything so outrageous and utterly ridiculous.
I haven't got any time for this sort of nonsense. I have to go to get fitted for a new dress with my girlfriend before seeing a specialist about a prosthetic leg, then it's a trip to the solicitors to see about reparations for the enforced servitude of my ancestors.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
18 Nov 19
That’s absurd! Don’t they have a call of that? Cultural appropriation? I’m not sure if that’s related to your post.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
18 Nov 19
That's an excellent point and one which I'd completely overlooked.
Maybe cultural appropriation is when someone utilises something from a culture without self-identifying as being from that culture.
I'm sure they'll have some form of logical gymnastics to justify their hypocrisy.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
18 Nov 19
@WorDazza either way, it’s hypocrisy. A lot of people are doing cultural appropriation. Don’t you think, this is the opposite of what you discussed here?
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
18 Nov 19
@mlgen1037 I think self-identifying as another race is essentially the same thing as cultural appropriation.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
18 Nov 19
As the only specific mention of this I can find on searching for it seems to come from a Daily Mail article, I snort in incredulity (because that's what the Mail intends people to do) and pass on. The Mail is not a very good source of information, in my opinion, and I think that the story arises out of a much broader discussion by the UCU committee about so-called "harrassment" of academics who feel that their freedon of expression is not being properly protected.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
19 Nov 19
I saw this reported on ITV. They were brandishing a newspaper which wasn't the Mail although as I was listening more than watching I didn't notice which one it was.
Let's face it when it comes to freedom of expression it's normally the more conservative academics and students who require that right to be protected not the baying SJW mob.
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@Fleura (30539)
• United Kingdom
19 Nov 19
Don't get me started on this topic. Surely anyone with half a brain is going to self-identify as whatever is most advantageous to them at the time, for whatever reason.
As to the whole black/white thing, I really hate the way that anyone who isn't 100% Caucasian is identified as 'black'. There are not that many people who are really black. Most people are a sort of brownish colour.
And it annoys me even more that people who have one so-called 'black' parent and one so-called 'white' parent (think Barack Obama or Meghan Markle) are also called 'black', essentially writing one of their parents out of their lives.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
19 Nov 19
I've often wondered how the caucasian parent feels in that situation.
As you rightly say some people are going to identify as whatever they feel is best for them and this can only lead to a situation where you don't have a clue how they're identifying from one day to the next depending upon their current whim.
That could be very dangerous if the so-called progressives get their way and mis-gendering becomes an offense.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
19 Nov 19
Yes its all more than utter nonsense and I for one do not go along with this at all.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
19 Nov 19
@WorDazza Yes and they are big fakes..no brains
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
19 Nov 19
@TiarasOceanView Indeed. Educated beyond their actual level of intelligence.
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@DaddyEvil (137460)
• United States
21 Mar 20
Uhm... what did your wife say when you told her you were a lesbian?
(My daughter is giggling and said your wife probably yelled that she'd help you cut something off... )
I hope you both had fun with that! 
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So, better than I thought you'd come out! @WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
21 Mar 20
@DaddyEvil Coming out isn't allowed in the current climate of isolation and social distancing.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
20 Nov 19
@DianneN That sort of nonsense is given way more exposure than it warrants.
The vast majority of people feel the same way we do but universities and the media is infested with politically correct types who get to push their warped agenda on students and the rest of us.
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
18 Nov 19
lol. I think the race thing is because awhile back a white woman claimed she was black.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
18 Nov 19
How could they allow this? This will only complicate the things.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
18 Nov 19
@Butterfingers But becoming more and more common in Western Europe and North America!
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