Sorority’s Philanthropy Event Postponed Because Someone Was Offended By Fucking Maracas
11 years ago

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

  4. Tyrion

    Somebody, somewhere will always be offended by something. It is the annoying people that need to go away who feel they need to make a big deal about it.

    11 years ago at 3:50 pm
  6. ifuckedherhard

    Here’s the real problem

    As someone with a nut allergy, I beg you to please consider what you eat in public. Tree nuts and peanuts may be tasty but they're lethal.

    — Lexie Grüber (@grubbbz) February 28, 2015

    11 years ago at 4:10 pm
  7. BornProudRaisedProud1890

    Hey Lex, with a last name like that the only way you’re Latina is if your granddaddy moved to South America to escape being tried for war crimes, so maybe ease up on the judgement, k?

    11 years ago at 4:20 pm
  8. ImHereForTheGangbang

    “And next time you appropiate Latin culture, do your research. Maracas aren’t a staple of Mexican music.”

    Actually they are, you dumb bitch. It’s an instrument that is widely used in both folk and pop music in dozens of Caribbean and Latin American countries, including Mexico. The fact that it didn’t originate in Mexico is irrelevant. Saying this is “cultural appropriation” is like saying a rock concert fundraiser poster featuring a guitar is “cultural appropriation” because the guitar originated in Spain.

    11 years ago at 4:36 pm