Cystic Fibrosis Misinformation

So I try to keep this blog fun, but I just cannot keep my mouth shut about this.

Yesterday the student body association of Carleton University in Ottawa decided to discontinue its long time participation in the Shinearama fundraiser to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research. Now, that is fine, support the charities that you want, but their stated reasons for discontinuing support are just so wrong! Here is the motion:

Motion to Drop Shinerama Fundraising Campaign from Orientation Week
Whereas Orientation week strives to be [as] inclusive as possible;
Whereas all orientees and volunteers should feel like their fundraising efforts will serve the their diverse communities;
And Whereas Cystic fibrosis has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men
Be it resolved that: CUSA discontinue its support of this campaign
Be it Further Resolved that the CUSA representatives on the incoming Orientation Supervisory Board work to select a new broad reaching charity for orientation week.
Moved: Donnie Northrup
Seconded: Meera Chander

Seriously??? Even if that were true (which it is not--CF affects all races and men and women equally), is that a reason to not support a charity. I wonder where these people got their information! Here's a good column about this bad move by a bunch of college students. For real information about CF, go to www.cff.org.

Geez!