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Now, before anyone jumps on it, I am not saying they must be allowed to have any sort of party they wish. They are college organizations on college property or sponsorship (frats, etc)... that being said...

So if you have a party where the theme is "anything offensive" (politically incorrect)... does that make any individual costume racist? No. I selected the above sections to show that they're fully aware that in addition to the one KKK guy and guy in blackface with a noose around his neck, there were also people doing stereotypes of religions, OTHER races, and gender.

So... if you make fun of everything equally, and in the spirit of being intentionally "politically incorrect", not serious... how is it a racist thing? If the theme was "everyone white dress as KKK guys and bring a black friend", that would be one thing... but where you've got people making fun of multiple races and religions, and gender, exactly what part of that is racist?

Insensitive? Sure. But... let's say someone wore a burqa and strapped fake dynamite to their chest? How about dressing as an indian and talking in a mock indian accent, asking if people want a slurpee? Dressing femme, adopting a french accent and running around in a mock panic, waving a white flag? I could go on, and I'm sure what i've come up with in the last 2 seconds pales in comparison to what people actually did.

The point is, someone is calling "racist" on this, and that's nonsense. And if you want to call it insensitive, then I'd point out it's a group of college students at a party- which has likely never been a bastion of sensitivity, anywhere, ever.

What are people supposed to do BUT mock stereotypes? I have to assume they don't want people SUPPORTING stereotypes- and ignoring stereotypes solves nothing, ever.