The student association at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON, Canada has voted to drop cystic fibrosis research as the recipient of its annual fundraising effort dubbed Shinearama.  The reason?  The disease is racist.  It mostly affects Caucasian men.  The student association feels that if they are asking students from across the campus to donate to a cause, it should be “inclusive.”

What they don’t realize is Caucasian doesn’t just mean white.  It can mean Middle Eastern, South Asian, North African as well as Anglo.  Many of these people don’t have “white” skin, but they are still affected by the disease.  At least the student newspaper sees this for what it is — political correctness run amok.