71-year-old white woman suddenly embraces Asian heritage to run for a seat on a feminist board
NOW, the National Organization for Women is apparently still struggling to not be racist, even after a previouswhen members made allegations against NOW president Toni Van Pelt of racial discrimination. Still, the feminist organization founded by Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Pauli Murray, and Muriel Fox in 1966 is fighting its own obsolescence with yet another racist scandal.
It gets murkier, as the Daily Beast reports: “Some members have attributed her sudden urge to run as a woman of color to a little-employed provision in the NOW bylaws that allows each region to have an extra seat on the board if it is occupied by a woman of color—a provision created to incentivize more diversity on the board.” If Star loses the election, she can still get a seat on the board under this loop-hole, despite the fact she just recently began identifying as an Asian-American.
In emails obtained by The Daily Beast, the chair of NOW’s elections committee said she had shared the concerns about Star’s claims with the committee and would “report back once we conclude our review.” Star’s supporters, however, have tried to flip the logic of diversity and inclusion on those who are speaking out. In emails about the issue obtained by The Daily Beast, one board member wrote, “So suddenly we no longer believe women of color??” Another member said Star had moved to Asia at one point to “learn more about her people and ancestry.” To be a fly on the wall of that email thread.
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