Outrage over Texas college MLK party

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Is being racist illegal now?

It may not be illegal but I'm sure it breaks some school policies. It's not like anyone was arrested. Just the protest to the injustices of the world by the young. Give them a few years and they'll become cynical and bitter and pretty much forget about the troubles of the world.

What policies are they breaking?

Depends on your viewpoint of the party. If the school felt it was racist in content then they would be breaking tolerance rules. Since I don't attend school there I don't know specifically which one they are infringing.

 

[ElFenix]

what was that album, chicken and beer?

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Well for starter the girl dressed as Aunt Jemima has nothing to do with a negative culture behavior. This is a clear poke at slavery and the sambo era. The point being this was thoughtless and has no part on a college campus. If you want to do this crap make a movie or do it in your own home on your own time.

THey were doing it on there own time. Aunt jemima as a slavery symbol is not the fault of the students as the aunt jamima icon has been around since probably before their parents were born.

Right and I quess if you had a few kids dressing up as Black Panthers next to your house you wouldnt be concerned.

RIIIIIIIIIIIGHt

I don't even know what a black panther looks like nor do I care. But now I'll be sure to find out and to dress up as one next holloween.

I some how think living in Connecticut no one will even notice.


:roll:

Your ignorance is appalling. Connecticut is home to 3 of the nations top 10 poorest cities.

And?

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Personally I think MLK would be rolling in his grave if he knew what black culture evolved into.


I totally agree with you on this!

I think to be fair someone should have an all black party where everyone dresses up like our white founding father's, powdered wigs and all, and drink tea and talk politics.

Or perhaps dress up as white founding fathers and act out the killing of million of Indians.

That would be the Spanish.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Feigned outrage FTL. They are just having fun with the images that African Americans themselves put out into the pop culture.
Do greeks get offended when frats have Toga parties?

remind me the last time the greeks were persecuted and hanged in day light?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
what was that album, chicken and beer?

Lupe fiasco - food and liquor

ludacris - chicken and beer


proof again this is parody of pop culture not a stereotype or rascism.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Amused
Body building and weight lifting are not self destructive and self deprecating. Gangster culture and everything derived from it is Nice try, though.

Now, if I started dressing like Al Capone and everyone made fun of me, I'd realize what a stupid little tool I was.

Ah, but what if society deemed that it was?

Gangster culture? Can you be a little more broad with your definition? So, where do you draw the line? Can I have chrome wheels on my car or is that too gangster? How about tinted windows?

My point is that this was done in extremely poor taste and I don't think it's at all constructive to go around scorning and ridiculing people simply because they dress a certain way or express themselves a certain way. It only breeds hate and contempt.

Edited to make M4H happy. 😛

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Well for starter the girl dressed as Aunt Jemima has nothing to do with a negative culture behavior. This is a clear poke at slavery and the sambo era. The point being this was thoughtless and has no part on a college campus. If you want to do this crap make a movie or do it in your own home on your own time.

THey were doing it on there own time. Aunt jemima as a slavery symbol is not the fault of the students as the aunt jamima icon has been around since probably before their parents were born.

Right and I quess if you had a few kids dressing up as Black Panthers next to your house you wouldnt be concerned.

RIIIIIIIIIIIGHt

I don't even know what a black panther looks like nor do I care. But now I'll be sure to find out and to dress up as one next holloween.

I some how think living in Connecticut no one will even notice.


:roll:

Your ignorance is appalling. Connecticut is home to 3 of the nations top 10 poorest cities.

And?

i dont know what your implying either. "I some how think living in Connecticut no one will even notice.
" what are you sayin dude?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I'm racist against people who leave a dozen nested quotes in their post so that I have to scroll down two pages to see what they wrote. Hang 'em high!

- M4H

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Personally I think MLK would be rolling in his grave if he knew what black culture evolved into.


I totally agree with you on this!

I think to be fair someone should have an all black party where everyone dresses up like our white founding father's, powdered wigs and all, and drink tea and talk politics.

Or perhaps dress up as white founding fathers and act out the killing of million of Indians.

That would be the Spanish.

More like, that would be Europeans.

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Is being racist illegal now?

It may not be illegal but I'm sure it breaks some school policies. It's not like anyone was arrested. Just the protest to the injustices of the world by the young. Give them a few years and they'll become cynical and bitter and pretty much forget about the troubles of the world.

What policies are they breaking?

Could be any number. For example:
-No glass bottles.
-Restrictions on amounts of alcohol
-Restrictions on number of people without registering a party
-Restrictions on number of girls/guy (social policy)
-Underage drinking
-Drinking games

Didn't know the school had that much power over someone else's property?

 

[Canun]

A Texas Tech fraternity got into serious trouble when I was in school for having a party like that. It was a much more blatant party, but the true kicker was the fraternity house was technically on University land. The fraternity was at least suspended.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: brandonbull
Could be any number. For example:
-No glass bottles.
-Restrictions on amounts of alcohol
-Restrictions on number of people without registering a party
-Restrictions on number of girls/guy (social policy)
-Underage drinking
-Drinking games

Didn't know the school had that much power over someone else's property?

[/quote]

They do if the party is sponsored by a fraternity that is registered with the school.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Is being racist illegal now?

It may not be illegal but I'm sure it breaks some school policies. It's not like anyone was arrested. Just the protest to the injustices of the world by the young. Give them a few years and they'll become cynical and bitter and pretty much forget about the troubles of the world.

What policies are they breaking?

Could be any number. For example:
-No glass bottles.
-Restrictions on amounts of alcohol
-Restrictions on number of people without registering a party
-Restrictions on number of girls/guy (social policy)
-Underage drinking
-Drinking games

Didn't know the school had that much power over someone else's property?

Normally, they don't. Being a Fraternity is what changes everything. The rules get very interesting when you're affiliated with the university.

 

[Marinski]

Gangstas don't drink Budweiser 40 oz. Atleast get some St. Ides or OE 800. Now thats some real ******.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
It is ridiculed often. Weight lifters are portrayed as dumb oafs who can't do a damn thing with their lives except lift weights. Not to mention, I wear XL t-shirts and most of them are pretty "fit" on me and people always make fun of people who lift weights wearing medium sized shirts to show off their muscles.

I like it when I tell people I am a software engineer and they are shocked because I don't look like the "typical" software engineer.

There are a LOT of things I do that are made fun of constantly ... lift weights, am hardcore into video games, program software. The list could go on. Does it bother me? not in the least. If people tell me I'm a geek for playing video games on a Friday night, screw them.

And as others have said, weight lifting has positive results, not negative.

Well, I'm glad that you are happy that people ridicule you. Kudos to you. Personally, I get a little defensive and/or angry when people attack me for things I like to do.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: BigJ
Could be any number. For example:
-No glass bottles.
-Restrictions on amounts of alcohol
-Restrictions on number of people without registering a party
-Restrictions on number of girls/guy (social policy)
-Underage drinking
-Drinking games

Didn't know the school had that much power over someone else's property?

They do if the party is sponsored by a fraternity that is registered with the school.

Doesn't even have to be a party. Fraternities will typically have very strict social and housing policies with the university (even if the fraternity house is not owned by the campus). The problem is whether or not the universities at the school enforce these policies.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: purbeast0
It is ridiculed often. Weight lifters are portrayed as dumb oafs who can't do a damn thing with their lives except lift weights. Not to mention, I wear XL t-shirts and most of them are pretty "fit" on me and people always make fun of people who lift weights wearing medium sized shirts to show off their muscles.

I like it when I tell people I am a software engineer and they are shocked because I don't look like the "typical" software engineer.

There are a LOT of things I do that are made fun of constantly ... lift weights, am hardcore into video games, program software. The list could go on. Does it bother me? not in the least. If people tell me I'm a geek for playing video games on a Friday night, screw them.

And as others have said, weight lifting has positive results, not negative.

Well, I'm glad that you are happy that people ridicule you. Kudos to you. Personally, I get a little defensive and/or angry when people attack me for things I like to do.

thats insecurity.

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: brandonbull
Could be any number. For example:
-No glass bottles.
-Restrictions on amounts of alcohol
-Restrictions on number of people without registering a party
-Restrictions on number of girls/guy (social policy)
-Underage drinking
-Drinking games

Didn't know the school had that much power over someone else's property?

They do if the party is sponsored by a fraternity that is registered with the school.[/quote]

Said party. I didn't see anything about a frat party.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: glutenberg

They do if the party is sponsored by a fraternity that is registered with the school.

Said party. I didn't see anything about a frat party.

See my reply. Depending on the agreements with the university, it can be a policy that's active at all times.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: purbeast0
It is ridiculed often. Weight lifters are portrayed as dumb oafs who can't do a damn thing with their lives except lift weights. Not to mention, I wear XL t-shirts and most of them are pretty "fit" on me and people always make fun of people who lift weights wearing medium sized shirts to show off their muscles.

I like it when I tell people I am a software engineer and they are shocked because I don't look like the "typical" software engineer.

There are a LOT of things I do that are made fun of constantly ... lift weights, am hardcore into video games, program software. The list could go on. Does it bother me? not in the least. If people tell me I'm a geek for playing video games on a Friday night, screw them.

And as others have said, weight lifting has positive results, not negative.

Well, I'm glad that you are happy that people ridicule you. Kudos to you. Personally, I get a little defensive and/or angry when people attack me for things I like to do.

thats insecurity.

No, that's called a normal reaction.

 

[Whisper]

I don't think they should be banned from doing what they were doing, or even get into trouble for it, but I do think it clearly shows lack of foresight and judgment. In all honesty, everyone knows they were poking fun at stereotypes related to blacks. And while stereotypes can indeed by fun to make fun of, this, in my opinion, crosses the line from enjoyment into mild bigotry. To do this, and then say you "meant no disrespect" by it, while possibly true, is just ignorant.

But that's just my opinion.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Said party. I didn't see anything about a frat party.

My reading comprehension stands corrected. Party on!

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Personally I think MLK would be rolling in his grave if he knew what black culture evolved into.


I totally agree with you on this!

I think to be fair someone should have an all black party where everyone dresses up like our white founding father's, powdered wigs and all, and drink tea and talk politics.

Or perhaps dress up as white founding fathers and act out the killing of million of Indians.

That would be the Spanish.

that and our forefathers. American army back in the 1800's basically committed genocide on the native americans

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: purbeast0
It is ridiculed often. Weight lifters are portrayed as dumb oafs who can't do a damn thing with their lives except lift weights. Not to mention, I wear XL t-shirts and most of them are pretty "fit" on me and people always make fun of people who lift weights wearing medium sized shirts to show off their muscles.

I like it when I tell people I am a software engineer and they are shocked because I don't look like the "typical" software engineer.

There are a LOT of things I do that are made fun of constantly ... lift weights, am hardcore into video games, program software. The list could go on. Does it bother me? not in the least. If people tell me I'm a geek for playing video games on a Friday night, screw them.

And as others have said, weight lifting has positive results, not negative.

Well, I'm glad that you are happy that people ridicule you. Kudos to you. Personally, I get a little defensive and/or angry when people attack me for things I like to do.

I don't get happy when they do, but everyone has their own likes and dislikes. It's easy for me to brush something off though because I know who I am and what I like to do makes me happy.

It just goes to make the people look sad when they have to put me people down to make them feel happy.