Students at Texas College 'Celebrate' MLK Day by Throwing Stereotye Party

They are idiots in the first place for thinking that its ok to do that, and idiots again for posting the pics on the internet.

 

I love fried chicken and malt liquor (Mickey's). Does that make me racist?

 

First of all, I think anybody that puts of pictures of themselves on facebook or myspace drinking, doing drugs, or in inappropriate situations is r****ded.

But am I the only one who sees this and think who the F cares? It's just a bunch of kids being stupid. College kids basically see any "holiday" as an excuse to hold a themed drinking party, big deal.

 

Do you find yourself compelled to flaunt your love for the two things on MLK day?

 

These people are such buttertards.

 

The big thing to me is that it was on Dr. King's birthday. Of all the ways to honor him...this was definitely a stupid and insensitive idea.

 

They were in no way honoring him. They were just using his holiday as an excuse to have a stereotype-laden, probably insensitive party. If they had refrained from all the racial stereotypes, they probably still would have "honored" his day by sitting around and drinking all day.

 

I agree. They were being stupid and just messing around. God forbid kids do that. Inappropriate? Sure. Does it deserve this much condemnation? I don't think so.

Hmm, lets see. Drinking with my friends or lame ass parades? I'm probably gonna drink with my friends.

 

exactly. it's not like they went out lynching black people or something. or in any way attacking or hurting black people. they decided it would be cool to wear a bunch of bling and look stupid and drink. whoop-de-doo. insensitive? yeah. that big of a deal? no.


and i like how the NAACP guy was suprised the forum was divided seating-wise. it's a racially-motivated meeting, did you really expect to see a lot of intermingling?

 

Agreed. It was a private party. People can do what ever they want in the privacy of their own homes no matter how inappropriate.

There are plenty of other things going on in the world to be concerned about. Like Yao Ming's injury.

 

why not?

 

thank you.

 

You do know that Tarleton State is an A&M affiliated college right? It's in their satellite school list or whatever...

A girl I knew in south Texas went their because she couldn't get into A&M, and Tarleton was affiliated to them... she hoped to transfer, yada, yada...

I think the "Aunt Jemima" thing was probably the last straw... or perhaps the only reason anyone saw any offense... and it looked like she was just doing it impromptu by sliding her bandanna knot around to the front.

Stupid nonetheless.

 

Well it looks like some people are more tolerant of racism than others. I don't know why some of you think it's going to far ridiculing the party goers, who they themselves were ridiculing an entire race. And if you say they weren't, the conversation can end there.

 

I could imagine a "stereotype" party working, but it would involve people exhibiting stereotypes about their own race. Something like that could be a fun way to make light of and diffuse racial tension.

But a bunch of white kids re-enacting some of the most overt stereotypes of black people (with no black people anywhere in sight, not so surprisingly), I can't imagine how they thought this would be a good idea.

 

The weird thing is, isn't the character Aunt Jemimia a racial stereotype, in and of itself?

 

What a bunch of f'n white trash hicks. Those guys are all due for a smooth asskicking once the Black guys on campus find them.

 

Well, no. At least, not because it's MLK day. I may flaunt it any day of the year, thank you very much, sir!

 

I agree.

They weren't "honoring" MLK, obviously, but having this stereotype party so close to his birthday is obviously playing off the holiday.

I don't know, I find it awful. But that's just in my opinion.