Baylor Fraternity Here To Remind You Not To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo With Sombreros And Serapes
By doing exactly that and getting suspended for it.
From Dallas News:
Protesters called on Baylor University administrators to address racism on campus after a fraternity hosted a Mexican-themed party Saturday night.
The Baylor chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity was temporarily suspended Monday pending investigations by the university and its national organization, according to Baylor.
Photos on Twitter showed guests at the “Cinco de Drinko” party wearing sombreros and serapes, the Baylor Lariat reported.
There were reports that some students had painted their faces brown, dressed as construction workers and maids, and chanted “build that wall,” however a Baylor spokesman said the university had no direct evidence of students with brown face paint, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported.
It’s the same old song and dance. A new year, a new group is making headlines for being insensitive and appropriating a culture. Whether you believe it’s offensive to dress like a certain ethnicity, culture, religion, etc. isn’t the issue. Because if they are offended — and someone will be — then you need to just not go there.
You will get some heat for it, and if you’re a part of an organization that must adhere to certain, defined rules and regulations, you will be punished for it.
so kappa sig threw a “mexican” party? yall are bold to yell build a wall but quick to have my culture as a theme for your wack ass party pic.twitter.com/vs9rfvP1iK
— andrew (@terrifving) April 30, 2017
Here are four pictures taken from the party. I see sombreros, serapes, and a noticeable lack of people dressed like construction workers or maids. Also no one is seen wearing brown face paint.
I’m not saying this didn’t happen, but I am saying it’s possible that someone reported this as an embellishment simply to make it sound worse than it really was. There is a very big difference between wearing the native attire of a country and purposely demeaning the people of that country by propagating work-related stereotypes like that.
Show me one pic. That’s all I’m saying..
[via Dallas News]
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It was probably a decent party
9 years ago at 2:21 pmI wish the multicultural fraternities would throw “white guy/girl” themed parties so we can go back to not giving a fuck about cultural sensitivity
9 years ago at 2:25 pmYou mean St Patrick’s Day? Or Oktoberfest?
9 years ago at 2:41 pmI think Baylor has more serious things to worry about
9 years ago at 2:28 pmVery true, BayBro. Very true.
9 years ago at 5:17 pmThat kid’s quick to bitch after his parents worked their asses off paying for everything.
9 years ago at 2:40 pmIf sombrerros and mexican blankets are so offensive to wear, why does pretty much every person in the crowd at Mexico soccer games have them on while partying? Seems like the exact purpose of them is to wear them while celebrating, drinking, and having a good time.
9 years ago at 2:56 pmBecause they’re Mexicans
9 years ago at 3:09 pmThe complainers are all these postmodernist assholes attacking us for having more than they do. They’re fucking cucks, all of them, and I sincerely hope they all die.
9 years ago at 10:05 amPeople are getting pissed because people were dressed as maids and construction workers…. stereotypes are there for a fucking reason.
9 years ago at 3:26 pmWeird, I don’t recall anyone bitching about cultural appropriation on St. Paddy’s
9 years ago at 5:21 pmThat’s because Irish people are white. Irish people were never oppressed. Because they’re white. No need to google that fact. Just keep pushing the dogma.
9 years ago at 7:04 pmIt’s a bad sign when I don’t even know if you’re trying to be sarcastic or not
9 years ago at 7:41 pmThe drawback of the internet
9 years ago at 9:27 amIrish people were oppressed as shit back in the day
9 years ago at 7:50 pmI was doing my best liberal impression.
9 years ago at 8:19 pmMexican is a nationality not a race and most Mexicans while ethnically Hispanic are racially speaking, white. So, maybe they should learn what a race is before accusing others of being racist. Stupid fucks.
9 years ago at 5:27 pmMexican is not a race, it’s an ethnicity. Last I checked you can’t be racist against a country.This is no different than a Mexican wearing stars/stripes in early July or green on St. Patty’s Day, yet we never hear complaints there.
Meanwhile Adam Jones gets called the n-word at Fenway and comes back to play in front of the same fans the next night. Funny how that works
9 years ago at 6:50 pmThis is the most underrated comment on this article by far.
9 years ago at 8:28 pmCause Adam Jones is real
9 years ago at 9:25 amFriendly reminder black and other ethic fraternities that Halloween is European culture only.
9 years ago at 8:45 pmFucking this. This is so underrated because we really need to fight back.
9 years ago at 10:07 am