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UNIVERSITY APOLOGIZES FOR CONTROVERSIAL HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
6abc ^ | Friday, October 30, 2015 | By CLAIRE GALOFARO

Posted on 10/30/2015 11:18:32 PM PDT by bob_denard

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville apologized to the school's entire Hispanic community Thursday after a photo surfaced showing President James Ramsey among a group of staffers at a Halloween party dressed in matching stereotypical Mexican costumes.

They wore bushy mustaches and sombreros, and rattled maracas as they posed for the photo.

Ramsey's chief of staff, Kathleen Smith, issued a statement expressing "deep regret" over the incident.

"We made a mistake and are very sorry," she wrote, adding that the university pledges to train staff and engage with the campus over diversity and racial equality issues. "This event shows we have much more to learn about our community."

(Excerpt) Read more at 6abc.com ...


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1 posted on 10/30/2015 11:18:32 PM PDT by bob_denard
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To: bob_denard

They must not have much to do at the university....to worry about things like this.


2 posted on 10/30/2015 11:27:27 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: bob_denard

BS...Just more PC cr**


3 posted on 10/30/2015 11:27:35 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: bob_denard

This country won’t last much longer.


4 posted on 10/30/2015 11:27:44 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: bob_denard

insanity.....


5 posted on 10/30/2015 11:30:07 PM PDT by cherry
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To: bob_denard

When the heck did everyone get so sensitive about EVERY little thing?

For cryin’ out loud. It’s a Halloween costume.


6 posted on 10/30/2015 11:36:16 PM PDT by berdie
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To: laplata

Not at this rate. Rather worried, I am. /Yoda


7 posted on 10/30/2015 11:38:15 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: bob_denard

Typical political correctness. You can’t acknowledge Mexicans exist unless you are one.


8 posted on 10/30/2015 11:40:42 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: berdie

Everybody knows that the maracas are to be shaken by women, but really, they had to apologize over it?


9 posted on 10/30/2015 11:41:48 PM PDT by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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Sorry, men can also shake maracas, but I found out they are not actually Mexican. I can see how the University must have been humiliated by the mistake.

These guys should have been dressed as Cubans, if they were going to shake their maracas.


10 posted on 10/30/2015 11:45:15 PM PDT by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: SaveFerris

2016 won’t be pretty, either.


11 posted on 10/30/2015 11:47:09 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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NASA is racist!!
12 posted on 10/30/2015 11:49:51 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

One of the prettiest.


13 posted on 10/30/2015 11:50:35 PM PDT by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: bob_denard

This is nuts!!


14 posted on 10/30/2015 11:55:27 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: John Valentine

Often described as the most photogenic. Not bad in infrared and UV light either.


15 posted on 10/30/2015 11:57:00 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: laplata

AMEN TO THAT!


16 posted on 10/31/2015 12:00:09 AM PDT by buffyt (The devil's favorite sin: pride. His favorite trick: convincing us he doesn't exist!~)
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berdie :" .. For cryin’ out loud. It’s a Halloween costume."

At which point did universities lose their senseabilities ?
They claim they want "Diversity",.. yet they want everyone to think and act politically correct( PC), so they make group think so that
all are in one accord ,..to their way of thinking..only !
That's not diversity , ..that's bullying, control of others, and coercion
The term 'micro-aggression' doesn't exist in reality.
It exists only in the weak, twisted feeble mind of a perpatrator who wants to feel like they are a victim;
that way they can justify their own hostility.
It's just an excuse for their own aggresive , coercive ,and anti-civilized behavior .

17 posted on 10/31/2015 12:01:50 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (The GOPe and Karl Rove got Obama elected twice. .. How'd that work out for ya ?)
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It’s crazy. I can’t believe the idiots let these people destroy the country.

But they have. Good Lord Almighty.

And they continue the idiocy on a daily basis.


18 posted on 10/31/2015 12:02:55 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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19 posted on 10/31/2015 12:27:26 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod (I have five dollars for each of you)
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To: bob_denard

cannot offend the new demonrat mescans.

Was there anyone dressed up as a hillbilly?

How about a cowboy or God forbid an Indian!!!!!

What about a street bum. The depravity.


20 posted on 10/31/2015 12:59:59 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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