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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
As a side note, fraternities are not "college-sponsored." At best they're "college-recognized" and at worst "college-tolerated." They are not in any way spokesmen for the university. They're organized, exclusive groups of friends. In every group of friends I've ever been in, we made fun of people who were dicks to us. I'd be pretty shocked if you and everyone else here didn't.
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There's a difference between being upset with the specific people who have caused you offense and mocking the larger group to which they belong, as if a characteristic like race or economic status made everyone in that group responsible. I dislike homophobes, but don't mock all straight people just because those who've targeted me for various reasons were straight.
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The black-face party by the KA Order is a good example of a problem. This party is not a problem. It's a joke. You don't have to attend. You don't have to laugh. They wanted to laugh about it with their friends. Everyone else is looking for trouble and ways to be offended and the school is looking to appease people who are overreacting.
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Oh, I strongly disagree. Giving the party a blatantly racist name and theme is good reason for the University to withdraw official recognition. "It's a joke" doesn't excuse blatant bigotry.