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Originally Posted by Gilda
I can see why the black student union would find this objectionable. The language of the invitation dances around it, but it sure looks and sounds a lot like a "dress like a stereotypical black person" party. Upscale universities like Johns Hopkins that have a predominantly white student population and are located in a predominantly black community often have problems with racial sensitivity that go both ways. Duke gets much the same difficulty. Given the pre-exisiting difficulties such schools often have, being a little overly cautious is understandable.
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Exactly. This is a college full of rich white kids (presumably) located in a mostly poor black area. These rich white kids had a party where the theme was (basically) "make fun of the urban black kids you see outside of campus" and you people don't understand why the black student union got ticked?
It's totally fair to debate whether or not the response and subsequent discipline was justified but if you can't even see why people might get upset you are out of touch. How many white celebs and kids wear grills and over the top bling? Do the ones that do typically get made fun of for trying to look black? Be honest, that type of fashion is largly black-oriented.
Would asians be offended if there was a kung fu party and everyone wore buck teeth and bamboo conical hats?