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http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/04/us/condoleeza-rice-rutgers-protests/
CNN) -- Condoleezza Rice, former US secretary of state announced on Facebook Saturday that she would not be speaking at the Rutgers University commencement this year, following student protests against her appearance.
The students made accusations against her in connection with the war in Iraq.
"Commencement should be a time of joyous celebration for the graduates and their families," Rice wrote.
"Rutgers' invitation to me to speak has become a distraction for the university community at this very special time."
In an open letter to the president of the school, printed in the student paper The Daily Targum on April 30th, "Rutgers Student Protestors" cited "destruction" in Iraq "at the hands of the Bush administration."
"Rice signed off to give the CIA authority to conduct their torture tactics for gathering information from detainees as well," the letter continues. "These are clearly human rights issues. By inviting her to speak and awarding her an honorary degree, we are encouraging and perpetuating a world that justifies torture and debases humanity."
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/condoleezza-rice-withdraws-rutgers
Condoleezza Rice withdraws from Rutgers commencement
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Replace her with a white man.
http://www.nj.com/education/2014/05/gov_tom_kean_to_replace_condoleezza_rice_as_rutgers_commencement_speaker.html
NEW BRUNSWICK — Former Gov. Tom Kean will replace Condoleezza Rice as Rutgers University's commencement speaker, the school announced today.
Kean will deliver the address at the May 18 ceremony at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway. Rice, the former U.S. Secretary of State, drew national attention Saturday when she dropped out of the ceremony after months of protests by students and faculty over her involvement in the Iraq War and other Bush Administration policies.
“Gov. Kean’s career as a public servant, educator and statesman speaks to the civility, integrity, and vision that we hope will guide our graduates as they pursue their careers or further their studies,” Rutgers President Robert Barchi said.
“Gov. Kean is a national role model as a statesman who built bridges across partisan, racial, ethnic and ideological divides for the sole purpose of improving the quality of life for the people he served. We are honored that he has accepted our invitation to address our graduates,” Barchi said.
Kean served as New Jersey's governor from 1982 until 1990 and later served as president of Drew University for 15 years. He then served as co-chair of the national commission that investigated the 9/11 attacks.
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I Don't see it.
They don't like.her because of Iraq.
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I Don't see it.
They don't like.her because of Iraq.
Right. ::)
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This is how it is w libfags - either you agree with them 100% of the time or they try to stomp you down - just like totalitarian communists and Marxists
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There should be a right to protest but the primary concern should be freedom of speech. I dislike suppression of speech in all its forms. Fight ideas with ideas and words with words.
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and who are they getting to speak now? Tom Keene - lmfao
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Right. ::)
Feel to enlighten or we can file it away as more hate bullshit from GOP crybabies
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Feel to enlighten or we can file it away as more hate bullshit from GOP crybabies
The only hate is from the communist college idiots at Rutgers
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The only hate is from the communist college idiots at Rutgers
Again..... show where this is racism.
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Another who cares moment..............
It works like this, There's an issue, real or imagined, one side will make this into an "outrage", everyone will stop to see which way the wind blows as far as popular opinion. There will be a lot of campaigning on both sides to win your opinion and if things sway in favor of the "outraged" they'll deal in political favors. This bigger the "outrage" has in terms of popular opinion, the more political capitol they'll be able to barter.
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Again..... show where this is racism.
She is black and a female - so by its very nature any criticism of her is racist, and sexist.
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She is black and a female - so by its very nature any criticism of her is racist, and sexist.
That's stupid.
There is no suggested or direct protest of her because she's female or black.
Can show something other than making shit up?
Its the same stupid as being accused of racism because you are against illegal immigration.
It that the point here? Dumb way to make it.
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This is how it is w libfags - either you agree with them 100% of the time or they try to stomp you down - just like totalitarian communists and Marxists
agreed. We may not agree with everything the far-right says, but one can always count on tea party rallies being polite, tolerant, and non-threatening.
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agreed. We may not agree with everything the far-right says, but one can always count on tea party rallies being polite, tolerant, and non-threatening.
Here we go again with 120 and his unproven non-sense ::)
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That's stupid.
There is no suggested or direct protest of her because she's female or black.
Can show something other than making shit up?
Its the same stupid as being accused of racism because you are against illegal immigration.
It that the point here? Dumb way to make it.
Which I think may be his point...........
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Which I think may be his point...........
Which is cool, but I haven't seen a stupid charge from the libs like that in a while.
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O come on.....prepare to be cut and pasted to death.
http://www.infowars.com/obama-supporters-not-liking-mexican-food-is-racist/ (yes I know Prison planet but....)
http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/americans-now-racist-for-waving-u-s-flag/#S44t0hJ4MoF82H6A.99
New Black Panthers, the Nation of Islam, La Raza, MEChA, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, American Nazi Party, etc.), the Democrats are constantly wagging their fingers about it. Of course naturally, given the racist history of the Democrat Party, liberals have managed to rig the rules in order to benefit themselves and hurt their political opponents. That's a pretty neat albeit despicable trick that they've managed to pull off.
1) Liberals aren't held to the same rules as Republicans: When liberals say racist things, it's just excused out of hand as if it's no big deal. If Dick Cheney had said, "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man" instead of Joe Biden, you'd read about it every time he criticized Barack Obama. When Christopher Dodd said, “I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan recruiter] that he would have been a great senator at any moment. . . . He would have been right during the great conflict of civil war in this nation,” it was shrugged off. On the other hand, Trent Lott ended up resigning from the GOP leadership for making very similar comments about Strom Thurmond.
2) Minority racism must be ignored:According to Rasmussen polling, "Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans." This isn't coming out of the ether. Black Americans voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton because he was black. If George Zimmerman had been black and Trayvon Martin had been Hispanic, most black Americans would have been indifferent to the case or would have supported Zimmerman. This is one of the great ironies of the liberal obsession with racism. While they can turn practically anything into evidence of Republican racism, the most grotesque examples of racism from minorities are just shrugged off.
3) You pay no penalty for falsely accusing people of racism: False accusations of racism can do just as much damage as actual racism. People can be ostracized for it, lose endorsement deals or even lose their jobs over being falsely accused of racism. Yet, the only reason you've heard of people like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Touré, and Melissa Harris-Perry is because they're willing to accuse people of being racists on the flimsiest of pretexts. It's tempting to compare these race-hustling poverty pimps to the KKK, but the more appropriate analogy is the Spanish Inquisition. The attitude is, "So what if we unjustly accuse a lot of people as long as we get a few heretics in the process?"
4) Outrage matters more than facts: It doesn't matter what Bush actually did in New Orleans or that the local government failed the people of the city; it matters how people FEEL about it. It doesn't matter that Democrats have run Detroit since 1962; it matters that people FEEL Republicans are responsible. It doesn't matter that Trayvon Martin wasn't really a twelve year old kid and that he was slamming George Zimmerman's head into the pavement; it matters that Zimmerman's acquittal FEELS symbolic of law-abiding black Americans being profiled because so many other black Americans are criminals. Once an accusation of racism is made, facts are treated as if they're of secondary importance to FEELINGS.
5) It's okay to discriminate against white Americans: It's unbelievable that in 2013, we still have race-based discrimination in America and liberals are perfectly fine with it. The rationale for what should be an incredible violation of the equal protection clause in the Constitution? It's that whites are doing better than blacks are as a group. That's probably a cold comfort to the son of a white single mother making minimum wage whose son loses out to one of Obama's daughters because he happened to be Caucasian.
6) It's always the fifties and sixties: Comparing the United States of 2013, when we have a black President of the United States to a time when black Americans couldn't drink from the same water fountains as whites is so ridiculous that to do so should practically be considered a sign of mental illness. Yet, it happens all the time and it's not immediately met with laughter and eye rolls. It should be. The reason that it happens is because it benefits liberals politically to pretend that racism is still everywhere. After all, what else does the Democrat Party have to offer minorities in America other than protection from mostly non-existent racism? Crime-ridden neighborhoods? Joblessness? Poverty? Fighting mostly non-existent racism the Democrat Party can handle just fine, but actually helping people improve their lives is apparently way too tough to manage.
7) Past evidence must be ignored: Ironically, saying you have "black friends" is now considered to be something that a racist would say. That says much more about the sort of witch hunt allegations of racism have become in this country than the people who say it. Judge Charles Pickering put his life on the line to prosecute the Grand Dragon of the KKK in Mississippi in the early sixties; yet liberals falsely branded him a racist to stop his nomination to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. George Zimmerman tutored black children and fought to get justice for a black homeless man beaten by police and even voted for Obama, but he was still falsely portrayed as a racist. This can happen only because determining if someone is a racist has become a political tool that is completely disconnected from whether the person in question actually dislikes people because of the color of their skin.
8) Republicans secretly want to do things Democrats used to do: Conservative, moderate, and liberal Democrats were behind slavery, the KKK, Jim Crow laws, segregation, the Tuskegee Experiment, lynchings and every other racist horror inflicted on black Americans in this country. Republicans stood against the Democrats while they were doing all of those terrible things and while we congratulate them on now agreeing with us that they were wrong, it's disgusting to try to blame Democrat sins on the Republican Party. God willing, a hundred years from now Democrats will be wagging their fingers about the horrors of murdering children via abortion and claiming Republicans secretly want to abort children. If so, it would be the same sort of step forward we've seen from the Democrats on racism.
9) Minorities shouldn't be held to the same standards as whites:Walter Williams once said, "During the first Reagan administration, I participated in a number of press conferences on either a book or article I’d written or as a panelist in a discussion of White House public policy. On occasion, when the question-and-answer session began, I’d tell the press, 'You can treat me like a white person. Ask hard, penetrating questions.' The remark often brought uncomfortable laughter, but I was dead serious. If there is one general characteristic of white liberals, it’s their condescending and demeaning attitude toward blacks." The soft bigotry of low expectations that liberals bring to the table encourages mediocrity, undercuts excellence and generally helps to hold minorities in America back.
10) When a white non-liberal disagrees with a liberal minority, it's probably because of racism: Republicans absolutely detested Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton; so what kind of moron would assume that their intense dislike of Barack Obama must be driven by race? Tea Partiers love black conservatives that agree with them, like Herman Cain and Allen West; so could there be a reason that they detest Barack Obama other than race? Do we really need the Scooby Gang to figure out why a group that's all about small government, low taxes, and cutting spending would dislike a socialist who's all about big government, higher taxes and increasing spending?
11) Only liberals get to decide what's racist: We've set up a system where the world's most easily offended people get to decide what's offensive and what's not and coincidentally, crying "racism" often helps them fund raise or hurts their political opponents. It's like starting up the Salem Witch Trials again and then giving Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the NAACP $10,000 every time they find a "witch" to burn. If we did that, what do you think the chances are they'd be finding witches EVERYWHERE? EXACTLY.
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Maybe so HH6, but that's mostly an opinion piece. And in skimming it is there anything directly cited and factual of liberals in large groups being racists against mexicans or blacks? Or is it fringe groups or extreme talking heads like Sharpton?
i would be willing to read some direct factual articles showing racist protests by libs.
This all about stereotyping. I think stereotypes ruin productive dialog. Take loco for example. He's not anywhere near the extremeness of the whack jobs in Oklahoma who think the host of Comos is a Satan worshiper for talking about science. He's a reasonable guy, who seems to live by good principles, just like yourself. But its too easy to stereo type him into that group. I personally don't any extreme liberals and to the best of my knowledge don't see any on this board who ever have, for example, taken the position of accusing someone of racism for bring against illegal immigration.
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People like Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and even Bush (despite being too dumb for accountability) have gotten off way too easy, as far as I'm concerned. Rice needs to shut the fuck up and find a rock to reside underneath.
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I watched a few minutes of Comos the other night. The writers are definitely looking to get a rise out of people.
Very unnecessary, not to mention strange. Seems they cheapen the show by doing that.
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People like Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and even Bush (despite being too dumb for accountability) have gotten off way too easy, as far as I'm concerned. Rice needs to shut the fuck up and find a rock to reside underneath.
I feel the same about every dem associated with the admin...so whatever.
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I watched a few minutes of Comos the other night. The writers are definitely looking to get a rise out of people.
Very unnecessary, not to mention strange. Seems they cheapen the show by doing that.
that's too bad..... all in the name of ratings
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I feel the same about every dem associated with the admin...so whatever.
Great.
So do you reserve that for them, or are you angry with the Bush gang, too?
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that's too bad..... all in the name of ratings
I remember a line where he was talking about disaster, and he said something like "it's not to punish anyone..."
WTF? Who the fuck does he think he's talking to?
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I remember a line where he was talking about disaster, and he said something like "it's not to punish anyone..."
WTF? Who the fuck does he think he's talking to?
lol those who believe all natural disasters are God's way of punishing people for their sins.
Looking at it logically.... its easy to assume in large scale natural disasters that many who committed horrific sins escape death while many very innocent people die horribly..... take the Japan tsunami where half a kindergarten class perished. Yeah, they didn't eat their veggies so they deserved death!
Its moronic, primitive, and just plain stupid to think natural disasters is a form of punishment from God, but the writers, i guess, feel they have to address it if not for better ratings lol
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lol those who believe all natural disasters are God's way of punishing people for their sins.
Looking at it logically.... its easy to assume in large scale natural disasters that many who committed horrific sins escape death while many very innocent people die horribly..... take the Japan tsunami where half a kindergarten class perished. Yeah, they didn't eat their veggies so they deserved death!
Its moronic, primitive, and just plain stupid to think natural disasters its a form of punishment from God, but the writers i guess feel they have to address it if not for better ratings lol
I think it's highly inappropriate for a presenter of something like this, to speak in those terms. It's distracting and dumb.
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I think it's highly inappropriate for a presenter of something like this, to speak in those terms. It's distracting and dumb.
I haven't watched it yet. But i don't think what you cited here is that big a deal. TV is about money; the only right and wrong, with in reason, that counts is profit.
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I haven't watched it yet. But i don't think what you cited here is that big a deal. TV is about money; the only right and wrong, with in reason, that counts is profit.
I watched only a few minutes. Stuff like that isn't my bag, and I certainly don't want this guy to tell me about things that he couldn't possibly have a way of knowing.
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Again..... show where this is racism.
I don't need to show where it is racism.
I should be able to call it racist and have it accepted as such. That is what libtards do. They call everything and everyone racist and yet are not confronted and forced to explain themselves or "prove" their assertions.
So why you all up in my grill, son?
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Look at these fools. They are quick to use that race card.
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Again..... show where this is racism.
The point is if she were a Dem you know every news network would be running wall to wall stories of how 'racist' everyone involved is.
in reality, they dont like her for the policies and actions she was involved with. Same reason why conservatives dont like obama- hthe policies and ideology he pushes. But no matter how true that is, the whole lib world is convinced they hate him 'because he is black' ::)
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These are the racist, inbred, illegal immigrants allowed into this country and the libtards that support them.
Why is it racist to wave an American flag on 5 de Mayo? Why? Anyone should wave or wear it WHENEVER THEY PLEASE. These idiots forgot where they are at and is all due to the stupid democrats and republicans that allowed these rats to cross the border and empowered them by being on the cusp of surrendering amnesty.
Americans now are being blasted as “racist” for the simple act of waving an American flag.
It happened Monday in California to a small group of protesters who waved U.S. flags in front of a school where officials had banned the practice to avoid violence threatened by Hispanic students celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
The controversy developed in 2010, when school officials ordered students not to wear U.S. flag-themed shirts on the Mexican holiday. The ban has been upheld by a federal appeals court.
The controversy brought a small group of protesters out Monday, and the community reacted immediately.
“What’s wrong with these white people holding up American flags in Morgan hill??? Racist a–holes,” wrote Gia Lee in a feed monitored by Twitchy.
Twitchy caught Davey D blasting the patriots: “Shout out to the racist a– adults, so-called patriots who are posted up at Live Oak HS in Morgan Hill protesting Cinco de Mayo #idiots.”
“The Gilroy Morgan Hill Patriots … what a bunch of racist d–k-heads!! I think they may be part owners of the LA Clippers. #racist,” wrote Jorge P. Gonzalez.
“Hey folks in Morgan Hill. You have some racist neighbors. You need to check those tea party a–holes,” said Al_Bondigas.
“F— your American flag. Racist as f—s. I’ll always have pride with my Mexican flag but not the American one,” wrote Ivan Mora.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/americans-now-racist-for-waving-u-s-flag/#S44t0hJ4MoF82H6A.99
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I don't need to show where it is racism.
I should be able to call it racist and have it accepted as such. That is what libtards do. They call everything and everyone racist and yet are not confronted and forced to explain themselves or "prove" their assertions.
So why you all up in my grill, son?
Not really trying be all up in your grill, but the article is about protests against Rice over Iraq. Yet the thread title is Racist libs at work. Don't see it.
Now you might as HH6 said, might be trying to make another point and supporting it by:These are the racist, inbred, illegal immigrants allowed into this country and the libtards that supporst them.
Why is it racist to waive an American flag on 5 de Mayo? Why? Anyone should waive or wear it WHENEVER THEY PLEASE. These idiots forgot where they are at and is all due to the stupid democrats and republicans that allowed these rats to cross the border and empowered them by being on the cusp of surrendering amnesty.
Americans now are being blasted as “racist” for the simple act of waving an American flag.
It happened Monday in California to a small group of protesters who waved U.S. flags in front of a school where officials had banned the practice to avoid violence threatened by Hispanic students celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
The controversy developed in 2010, when school officials ordered students not to wear U.S. flag-themed shirts on the Mexican holiday. The ban has been upheld by a federal appeals court.
The controversy brought a small group of protesters out Monday, and the community reacted immediately.
“What’s wrong with these white people holding up American flags in Morgan hill??? Racist a–holes,” wrote Gia Lee in a feed monitored by Twitchy.
Twitchy caught Davey D blasting the patriots: “Shout out to the racist a– adults, so-called patriots who are posted up at Live Oak HS in Morgan Hill protesting Cinco de Mayo #idiots.”
“The Gilroy Morgan Hill Patriots … what a bunch of racist d–k-heads!! I think they may be part owners of the LA Clippers. #racist,” wrote Jorge P. Gonzalez.
“Hey folks in Morgan Hill. You have some racist neighbors. You need to check those tea party a–holes,” said Al_Bondigas.
“F— your American flag. Racist as f—s. I’ll always have pride with my Mexican flag but not the American one,” wrote Ivan Mora.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/americans-now-racist-for-waving-u-s-flag/#S44t0hJ4MoF82H6A.99
The problems is, this is more idiot nationalistic Mexicans who forget what country they live in. its like that here in California. I guarantee you some of these fucks who say things like that are republicans. I don't see this as standard dem or lib mantra.
another thing, i don't see how that solves anything by acting the same way. Extremists on on either side are not representative of either party although they seem to get the most play in the Media
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The point is if she were a Dem you know every news network would be running wall to wall stories of how 'racist' everyone involved is.
in reality, they dont like her for the policies and actions she was involved with. Same reason why conservatives dont like obama- hthe policies and ideology he pushes. But no matter how true that is, the whole lib world is convinced they hate him 'because he is black' ::)
I might be wrong....
show me an example of a group protest against one of OB's policies or acts(not involving race such foriegn policy moves, dmoestic whatever) being called racist by MSNBC or some other non-fringe, non extreme, media outlet.
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Now racist mexicans don't want white people or anyone who isn't "latino' anywhere near a taco.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/17401/
Every year across the nation, Pi Beta Phi sorority chapters host all-you-can-eat “Pi Phiesta” taco bar fundraisers at their respective campuses to raise money for charity.
But that longstanding tradition, typically held around Cinco de Mayo, is in jeopardy.
In the past few weeks, pressure from a handful of Latino students at two high-profile universities who complained the events are offensive prompted dramatic changes to two “Pi Phiesta” fundraisers.
At Dartmouth College, the fundraiser was cancelled outright, and at Stanford University, the sorority girls scrapped their Mexican themed “Pi Phiesta” for a summery, ocean-themed one, although they still served tacos.
The Dartmouth situation created national headlines, while the quick switcheroo at Stanford took place much more quietly.
Nevertheless, the future of “Pi Phiesta” fundraisers across the nation hang in the balance as the charitable tradition faces increased scrutiny from the politically correct campus police.
C’mon – how long before the directive comes down from the Pi Beta Phi national headquarters with an “ixnay on the iestaphey.” They don’t want or need the bad press or flack on campuses, and will probably figure: Why bother?
The real losers, however, are the nonprofit efforts these events help support; all-you-can-eat taco bars get lots of warm bodies through the doors.
These particular sorority charity events are hardly offensive, and if anything – they celebrate and honor Mexican heritage.
A YouTube video of a “Pi Phiesta” taco night last year shows a bunch of students stuffing their faces with tacos, smiling, and raising a wad of cash for literacy causes.
In the pictures on various Pi Beta Phi websites, one might see an occasional sombrero-donned student or some maracas among the bright yellow-orange decorations and neon-colored T-Shirts; hardly offensive.
The fact that this is for charity and done without malicious intent is apparently of no consequence to the handful of aggrieved militant Latino students on campuses with a machete to grind.
They accuse such events of “cultural appropriation” – defined by the Stanford Daily as “actions that trivialize aspects of a culture by not respecting a custom’s symbolic significance or the history of a style of dress or other artifact.”
If that’s the case, maybe piñatas should be outlawed across America – because who cares about the glee those little twerps experience when they have candy rain down on them like Niagara Falls? They’re appropriating Mexican culture for their own joy, and for shame.
In the same vein, that 21-year-old female student who throws on a sombrero and serves up tacos to raise money to help an inner-city child learn how to read should be told what an insensitive twit she is.
PUT THE TACO DOWN, NOW!
Oh, the plight of the Latino college student. They face so much bigotry.
Give me a break.
This whole white-people-who-celebrate-Cinco-de-Mayo-are-a-bunch-of-ignorant-and-offensive-buffoons movement is absolutely ridiculous and completely out of control.
During this most recent Cinco de Mayo observance, not only did these “Pi Phiestas” get derailed, but:
A sign at UCLA this month offered students a guide to a “racist-free Cinco de Mayo,” advice that included warning students not to speak their shoddy high school Spanish on the day.
At North Carolina State University, its dining services officials had to apologize for handing out “offensive” chocolate mustaches for dessert on Cinco de Mayo.
A similar kerfuffle also occurred at the University of Maryland after two Latino students were offended when the university’s dining services staff voluntarily wore fake mustaches and sombreros during its Cinco de Mayo dinner.