A&M officials embarrassed at offensive party plan
Breaking news from the "Get A F*****G Clue" Department:
If you've ever watched SouthPark, you're no doubt familiar with "Chef". Whenever Chef lectures students about drugs, it's always prefaced with "There's a time and a place for that, and it's called COLLEGE." Apparently, students at Texas A&M haven't quite figured out the subtle differences between appropriate and inappropriate times and places (or party themes) yet.
Quite a few parties are planned at Texas A&M University this weekend, but the one generating the most buzz won't happen.
University officials were embarrassed to learn some residents at a dormitory were planning to observe the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with a "ghetto party." Officials learned about it as A&M plays host to the annual Southwestern Black Leadership Conference, which is being held on campus through Sunday.
"It's always unfortunate when things like this happen," said Ron Sasse, director of A&M's department of residence life. "We're worried when people come to our campus and think that's the way our campus is. Those students set us back when they do things like that."
Sasse said today he told students the party would be canceled.
Fliers at Walton Hall advertised the off-campus event, at which participants were to mimic stereotypes. The flier also encouraged partygoers to "think ghetto."
Sasse said he learned of the event from a note sent anonymously to his office. The note indicated that similar activities had been staged for several years.
"It's hard to understand how students could live in today's world," Sasse said, "and think a party playing on stereotypes of African-Americans would be acceptable. It never ceases to amaze me."
I'm assuming there are African-American students at A&M, though you certainly wouldn't know it by the actions of these maroons. I always like to think of a college education as a way to broaden one's horizons, to learn to appreciate diversity. Of course, that's probably a horribly naive expectation on my part.
I hope this can be chalked up to stupid college kids not knowing any better, but here in Jim Crow country, you never really know.
F*****g morons....
