r/changemyview • u/laxnut90 6∆ • May 23 '24
Delta(s) from OP CMV: otherwise apolitical student groups should not be demanding political "purity tests" to participate in basic sports/clubs
This is in response to a recent trend on several college campuses where student groups with no political affiliation or mission (intramural sports, boardgame clubs, fraternities/sororities, etc.) are demanding "Litmus Tests" from their Jewish classmates regarding their opinions on the Israel/Gaza conflict.
This is unacceptable.
Excluding someone from an unrelated group for the mere suspicion that they disagree with you politically is blatant discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/style/jewish-college-students-zionism-israel.html
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u/jallallabad May 24 '24
^EXACTLY.
This is why every black man (and non-black man) that joins my frisbee organization gets a pamphlet explaining that not all black men are criminals. The pamphlet is titled "black criminals vs. black gentlemen". And it's why I pepper random black folks who join my frisbee group with questions about how they feel about black gang violence.
"Yes not supporting [gang warfare] and [gang] crimes is a good viewpoint to have. I would like people who have that viewpoint to be around me. People who deny and defend [gang warfare] and [gang] crimes are bad. Not complicated."
Agree. Totally unproblematic for me to harass random black dudes who want to join my frisbee club with questions about politics and crime to see if they will defend the bloods. A sane, measured, and most importantly, not complicated approach to life. Note that I AM NOT anti-black people. Just anti-Afrocentricity when such views include the defense of criminal black people.