Bahar Mustafa, the welfare and diversity officer at Goldsmiths Students' Union was employed to promote diversity at the university. However, it has been reported that she has asked white people and men not to come to an anti-racism protest meeting.
On Facebook, Bahar Mustafa had written, “If you've been invited and you're a man and/or white PLEASE DON'T COME just cos [because] I invited a bunch of people and hope you will be responsible enough to respect this is a BME Women and non-binary event only."
Students have slammed Mustafa's comments, calling them “patronising” and “laughable”.
A Student Union Society President stated, "For Bahar [Mustafa] to have the nerve to write this is patronising beyond belief. She has made it very difficult for white males on campus who feel like they can’t say anything for fear of retribution. The irony that she (or they) think that they are diversifying the student community in the name of feminism and multiculturalism is laughable.”
A spokeswoman for Goldsmith University expressed, “The Students' Union is an independent body run by elected student officials and we have no involvement in their decision making or their programme of events that they offer. We have no involvement in the appointment of the student representatives. We are proud of our diverse community and do not tolerate any form of oppression, including racism, sexism or any form of bigotry.”
The spokeswoman further revealed that, “We have written to the Students' Union... to express our concern.”
