Sorority’s Philanthropy Event Postponed Because Someone Was Offended By Fucking Maracas
Sad members of our soft American culture are officially running out of things by which to be offended. The latest straw-grasping attempt to express misplaced disdain for something completely harmless comes to us from Quinnipiac University.
A student “activist” single-handedly caused the postponement of a Kappa Alpha Theta philanthropy event because she deemed the display of maracas on a poster for a Latin-themed event to be culturally insensitive and “shameful.” Maracas. Fucking maracas.
The event aimed to raise money for children in foster care, according to a tipster who reached out to me with an explanation.
Dorno,
Didn’t know how else to get this to you, but this morning Quinnipiac’s Kappa Alpha Theta chapter had to postpone their philanthropy event, Queso for CASA which raised money to support kids in foster care. This postponing of events comes in the wake of a self-proclaimed student activist who believe that the event poster was offense because it contained images of maracas. The girl ran to Student Affairs and demanded action be taken. Theta is obviously pretty upset and the rest of the Greek community has been tweeting and sharing videos about what CASA is in hopes to inform everyone.
Below is her tweet getting all bent out of shape over it.
And next time you appropiate Latin culture, do your research. Maracas aren't a staple of Mexican music.
— Lexie Grüber (@grubbbz) March 1, 2015
Philanthropy with a side of cultural appropriation and stereotypes. So shameful. pic.twitter.com/NDqJV4PeOm
— Lexie Grüber (@grubbbz) March 1, 2015
Well done, Gruber (no idea how to add those weird accent marks). Those greedy kids in foster care are too coddled anyway. They don’t need any more handouts. About time someone stepped out of the shadows to toughen these parent-less children up.
UPDATE: Apparently, this story is absolutely exploding on the Wigo app.
A Wigo representative I spoke to said this has been their most viral event ever, in the form of an outpouring of support for Kappa Alpha Theta, who intended to offend no one, but only wanted to raise money for children in need.
Users anywhere are currently able to “peek” inside Quinnipiac University Wigo to get a live feed of it blowing up. If you’d like to express your feelings about the cancelation of the event, go there now and do so..
Bet you it’s some white girl who calls herself “culturally diverse” because she only dates minorities
11 years ago at 2:58 pmBest part is the girl who was mad isnt even a beaner
11 years ago at 2:59 pma senior just now getting pissed that she didnt get a bid? what has she been doing her entire college career?
11 years ago at 3:00 pmhttp://www.ask.com/hobbies-games/maracas-69c8912c2f203ee9#full-answer
11 years ago at 3:01 pmRead the last sentence. Don’t know if its credible but from my entire understanding of maracas they have always been involved in Hispanic culture
The accent marks are german umlauts, Dorno. You make those ones by holding the alt key and pressing 0252. Why this german girl is offended by a mexican stereotype is beyond me.
11 years ago at 3:02 pmIt’s more common in German but it does exist in Spanish – it’s called a diéresis (ex. vergüenza).
11 years ago at 3:12 pmRegardless, fuck her.
It’s not Spanish when her name is fucking Grüber
11 years ago at 3:23 pmIm sure she had some reasoning behind those tweets, but she didnt have to come off so abrasive about it. Now she’s going to be seen as a martyr among social media activists after all the hate comes flowing in.
11 years ago at 3:04 pmIf you tweet at her asking why it’s offending her she replies by telling you she reported you to student affairs for harassment. She can get a philanthropy event shut down for being offended but doesn’t see the reason to explain why. For fucks sake why would anyone listen to this moron.
11 years ago at 3:09 pmThat’s todays’s America. Sad, but the silent majority (and not my much anymore?) needs to shout a little.
10 years ago at 4:30 pmHow the fuck does some dumb liberal bitch with the last name Grüber have enough sway to shut down an organization based on “Latino racism.?” That’s like me trying to shut down a democratic fundraiser because they served Asian food…holy shit I’m a genius
11 years ago at 3:22 pm*Gets denied by guys too many times*
11 years ago at 3:23 pm*Becomes feminist*
You guys should all read this short article I came across a bit ago about how a lot of American’s are becoming wimpy tree-hugging pusssies. Good read
http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/01/21/have-americans-become-too-sensitive/
11 years ago at 3:25 pm