'You stop it, you are a white male!': Unhinged trustee shouts down colleagues for weighing in on town's equity, diversity, and inclusion statement

[pipedreams]

"A Board of Trustees meeting in the Village of Oak Park, Illinois, took an ugly turn Monday night, when one elected official went on a tirade against several of her colleagues for daring to give input on updates to the town's equity, diversity, and inclusion statement.

Trustee Susan Buchanan came unglued after another trustee, Dan Moroney, suggested defining what it means to "break down systems of oppression" as part of the language in the proposed new version of Oak Park's diversity statement."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/you-stop-it-you-are-a-white-male-unhinged-trustee-shouts-down-colleagues-for-weighing-in-on-towns-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-statement?utm_source=theblaze-dailyAM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily-Newsletter__AM 2019-10-11&utm_term=TheBlaze Daily AM - last 270 days

[tadbart]

"I can't define porn, but I know it when I see it."

 

These idiots are gonna keep having tantrums and stirring the 85 IQ club into a frenzy, and it's gonna set off some really ugly times in America...

[BamaBud]

I love it when the white, female doctor says to the white males: "You shouldn't even have an opinion!"

That's it, right there. If your opinion isn't like mine, you cannot express yours. Fascism, anyone?

[janice6]

4 hours ago, pipedreams said:

"A Board of Trustees meeting in the Village of Oak Park, Illinois, took an ugly turn Monday night, when one elected official went on a tirade against several of her colleagues for daring to give input on updates to the town's equity, diversity, and inclusion statement.

Trustee Susan Buchanan came unglued after another trustee, Dan Moroney, suggested defining what it means to "break down systems of oppression" as part of the language in the proposed new version of Oak Park's diversity statement."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/you-stop-it-you-are-a-white-male-unhinged-trustee-shouts-down-colleagues-for-weighing-in-on-towns-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-statement?utm_source=theblaze-dailyAM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily-Newsletter__AM 2019-10-11&utm_term=TheBlaze Daily AM - last 270 days

From the article:

"....."I am so tired of hearing two white men tell us what systems of oppression are," she said to applause from the audience. "You have been white from birth. Why are you arguing what is a system of oppression? You've never experienced it, so shut up! I don't want to hear from you! Just stop Dan, just stop Deno. You are not oppressed people and people in Oak Park are and we are trying to recognize that as a community."...."

This sure sounds like oppression to me.  She has singled out Whites as persons of color* to be punished for their efforts and work ethic.

* Crayola lists the colors of their crayons on this page and one color crayon they have is White!      

The rubber room has an opening for her.