If they are OK with it, why should the self-appointed PC Police (who have never been in Mexico) kvetch?
Posted on 03/07/2016 10:25:21 AM PST by simpson96
On Saturday, two members of Bowdoin College's student government will face impeachment proceedings. What heinous transgression did they commit? Theft, plagiarism, sexual assault?
Nope. They attended a party where some guests wore tiny sombreros.
Two weeks ago, some students threw a birthday party for a friend. The email invitation read: "the theme is tequila, so do with that what you may. We’re not saying it's a fiesta, but we’re also not not saying that :)." The invitation - sent by a student of Colombian descent, which may or may not be relevant here - advertised games, music, cups and “other things that are conducive to a fun night."
Those "other things" included the miniature sombreros, several inches in diameter. And when photos of attendees wearing those mini-sombreros showed up on social media, students and administrators went ballistic.
College administrators sent multiple schoolwide emails notifying the students about an "investigation" into a possible "act of ethnic stereotyping."(snip)
Within days, the Bowdoin Student Government unanimously adopted a “statement of solidarity” to "[stand] by all students who were injured and affected by the incident," and recommend that administrators "create a space for those students who have been or feel specifically targeted."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Show me your “injuries”.
Gee, the college antics of the 1920s like swallowing goldfish (actual ones) seem like a serious endeavor.
I weep for my country.
If they are OK with it, why should the self-appointed PC Police (who have never been in Mexico) kvetch?
This little tale is a good example of how far our culture, especially on college campuses, has descended. We are witnessing a modern, Western version of Mao’s “cultural revolution”. The administrators are not mentally ill; they are afraid.
Ah, yes, Bowdoin College, where Joshua Chamberlain taught every course except mathematics. It has come to this.
A liberal arts college and sombreros is a deadly mixture
This accomplishes the twin goals of policing the speech and actions of others while being free of any restraint on their own words or actions.
Dictatorship.
And to think that these people are in charge of your child’s mind for four or more years, and YOU are paying for it, in more ways than one.....................
Imagine if someone wore one of those to class.....................
Many people on this site don’t know this little factoid about Cruz.
Anyone recall the uproar over the woman at a University that got railroaded because of comments made about Halloween costumes?
She is related to the wife of the Campaign Chairman of Ted Cruz. (Chad Sweet) It is her sister, IIRC
The level of PC on today’s college campuses put Animal House’s Dean Wormer to shame.
:: photos of attendees wearing those mini-sombreros showed up on social media, students and administrators went ballistic ::
Sorry. Protected under 1stA.
Does Bowden accept federal funds for tuition?
(Congress shall make no law...)
I took a week-long summer class there once (Chemistry). Nice place.
I hope Trump wears a sombrero to the wall-building ceremony.
It's more widespread than just the schools. Yesterday was March 6th, the 180th Anniversary of the Fall of the Alamo in 1836, and not a word about that anniversary was mentioned anywhere outside of Texas.
First thing for President (fill in the blank) to do: cut all student loans to higher ed.
Was having dinner at a Mexican restaurant yesterday (we were the only gringos there) and on the TV, they were showing Mexican videos in which the singers and dancers were proudly wearing and waving about their sombreros.
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