Student Group Protests Outside Penn Phi Delt By Holding Faux Slave Auction
Back in December, the members of Phi Delta Theta at University of Pennsylvania caught heat for including a Beyonce blow up doll in their Christmas photo. The fraternity apologized for the use of the doll, claiming that it was nothing but a gag gift, and said that it was a bad decision to have it.
Last Friday, one student group on campus, Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, or SOUL, protested the fraternity over the incident.
From The Daily Pennsylvanian:
In front of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, a member of the group stood on a box with plastic chains around her neck, reciting a poem directed toward the members of the fraternity, calling them out for their choice to feature a black blow-up sex doll in their holiday photo last December.
“When you walk on Locust, you’re not supposed to feel the violence that is this house,” College senior Victoria Ford, the student reciting the poem, said.
In response to the photo, Phi Delt’s nationals put the fraternity on probation. The brothers were required to take educational programs on cultural sensitivity and sexual and relationship misconduct. The reason for the protest was because the group was not pleased with the punishment that Phi Delt received for the incident.
“We haven’t forgotten about this and remain unsatisfied with the University’s response and punishment of Phi Delta Theta,” SOUL posted on its Facebook event for a Tuesday meeting to organize the protest.
SOUL took to the front of the house to show this displeasure by participating in a fake slave auction.
The fake slave auction in front of the chapter house was meant to tie the purchasing of the black sex-doll into the larger narrative of slavery, and the historical relationship between white men and black women.
The fake auctioneers held signs that read $14.60, symbolizing the amount of money the blow-up doll cost. Protesters also painted their heads as a symbol of police brutality.
The fraternity did not have anything to comment on the protests..
[via The Daily Pennsylvanian]
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I just lost brain cells from their own stupidity.
11 years ago at 12:04 pmLets play the game “whats more racist?”
11 years ago at 12:13 pmBuying a blow up sex doll that is beyonce themed and happens to be black? or staging a fake slavery auction for the public to see? I would like to watch the thought process behind this themed protest.
Oh obviously the former, but don’t you dare serve Mexican food at an Intergalactic themed event…
11 years ago at 3:08 pmHypocrisy is alive and well in this country.
This isn’t even the worst part about this story. First off, almost no one at the school agrees with the manner in which the protest was carried out. This group (SOUL) called out random people that walked by their protest, and there’s a claim going around that members of the group called out a veteran who was walking by and labeled him an “Islamophobic murderer” (I don’t even have to go into why that’s pissed off most of the students here). Most students here were at least willing to learn what SOUL had to say, but that’s not happening anymore. This is a clear-cut case of a group that cares little about the actual issues it complains about and just wants to hear their voice heard.
Shame this whole gag Christmas photo got blown out of proportion.
11 years ago at 1:35 pmSounds like a porch beers kind of afternoon.
11 years ago at 12:05 pmIt’s all fun and games until the drunk risk manager starts casting out bids at the auction.
11 years ago at 12:22 pm
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11 years ago at 12:26 pmDamn right.
11 years ago at 8:37 pmHopefully their nationals don’t offer any comments! These morons need to just be ignored and left to their own idiot devices.
11 years ago at 12:07 pmHow does buying a Beyoncé blow up doll (TFM) equate to buying slaves?
11 years ago at 12:09 pmIt doesn’t.
11 years ago at 12:14 pmYou’re asking for a logical explanation to liberal emotion. Don’t do that.
11 years ago at 2:41 pmStudents Organizing for Unity and Liberation. i get the feeling that unity and liberation are polar opposites
11 years ago at 11:26 pmIt doenst, the “social justice warriors” are just trying to find excuses to be offended.
11 years ago at 1:14 pmThey didn’t comment on it because you can’t comment on shit that makes no fucking sense. They make so little sense, you can’t even figure out how to properly mock them.
11 years ago at 12:10 pmWhy does it matter if the doll is black? #SexDollEquality #StopSexDollDiscrimination #PlasticIsPlastic
11 years ago at 12:10 pmI think that it would be racist to not include a black blowup doll. Shows diversity.
11 years ago at 12:13 pm*#YesAllSexDolls. Fucking App
11 years ago at 1:58 pm#blacksexdollsmatter
11 years ago at 7:54 amAre you fucking kidding me? The fraternity didn’t even buy the doll themselves; it was a gift!
11 years ago at 12:11 pmIt amazes me that people have so little shit to do that they can participate in stupid protests like these. Get a job, go to school, or get some friends. Just do something.
11 years ago at 12:11 pmThere are a few real issues affecting Greek life. Group photos with a $14 sex doll are not one of them.
Must have been a slow day for nonsensical shit to be “offended” by.
11 years ago at 12:12 pmSounds a little excessive and late to the game. I am all for being nice to each other but it certainly comes off like this group had nothing better to do.
11 years ago at 12:12 pm