A progressive pro-Palestinian student group at George Washington University is miffed that its politically kindred-spirit organizations are awash in Caucasians.

Students Against Imperialism issued a statement on Thursday complaining about this fact, and demanded other GWU groups remedy [it] immediately.

The groups letter begins by noting leftist students of color feel consistently excluded from organizing spaces and actions which leads to exclusionary [] white social spaces.

Right-wing and liberal student groups push agendas that inherently muffle the voices of people of color and perpetuate racism through their implicit support of capitalism and imperialism, the statement continues. Black and brown bodies are not buzzwords to be thrown around. We are people, not props.

It goes on to complain that white-centered activism, such as that regarding climate change, ignores the injustices of the US military, aka the worlds largest polluter. In addition, those pertaining to Israels occupation of Palestinian land also are overlooked, SAI claims, and this apartheid situation is non-negotiable.

Zionism is racism, point-blank, period. the group says.

SAI lists three demands:

Five specific progressive student organizations, such as the Progressive Students Union, must respond with a statement indicating how they will address the issues raised.

All (liberal) groups must work together to ensure that marginalized students feel comfortable in airing their beefs.

Students of color must be prioritized by being placed in leadership roles and made more visible on projects. White students must help distribute the workload in an equitable manner.

Unsurprisingly, the statements concluding paragraph is a hodgepodge of studies jargon: [W]e cannot hope to confront and deconstruct other forms of unjustly hierarchical social relations

GWU Student Association President Howard Brookins III endorsed SAIs statement on his Facebook page, writing GW has a passionate and active community of leftists that is too often dominated by white students [] I stand with the students and their demands made by the GW Left Coalition and call on the GW community to do better.

The Young Americas Foundations Kara Zupkus reacted thusly:

Aside from being absolutely laughable, this demand letter is exactly what GW leftists deserve. Every year, left-leaning student organizations race to see who can become the most radical, far-left caricatures of leftism. Theyve set themselves up for a woke Olympics, and now they must reap what they have sowed.

An otherwise supportive GWU student asked on Facebook: You [SAI] made extremely broad assertions of widespread racism and oppression at GW without showing any proof of it, which given these claims there must be a lot of. Could you please provide some of your evidence of what is occurring within the organizations you named?

Read the full SAI statement and Zupkus article.

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