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1950s dance theme shot down by Harvard student committee because it’s racist
The College Fix ^ | 7/14/2016 | Greg Piper

Posted on 07/14/2016 2:12:38 PM PDT by Hube

The 1950s mean one thing and one thing only for a subset of Harvard students: RACISM.

Exclusive emails obtained by the Young America’s Foundation show “the outcry of a few students” after the residents of Adams House voted to host a dance with a “1950s theme.”

The committee ended up ditching the will of the voters and changing the theme to “sock hop,” either unaware that sock hops became popular in the 1950s or counting on the ignorance of their residents. (It ended up being well-attended and reasonably diverse, so probably ignorance.)

The initial response to the 1950s theme was mostly sarcasm:

“Will there be a separate water fountain for us at the formal?” Other students chimed in asking, “Are we even allowed to buy tickets? Or are we only allowed in as serving staff?” Some went even further, alleging more injustices, such as, “What sort of quotas will be in place for Asians entering/emigrating into the house? What is the policy on communists?”

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: education; harvard; leftismoncampus; politicalcorrectness; racism
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1 posted on 07/14/2016 2:12:38 PM PDT by Hube
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To: Hube

Otis Day is not happy.


2 posted on 07/14/2016 2:13:23 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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Just a natural extension of all this crap. Everything historical, traditional or Western is racist.


3 posted on 07/14/2016 2:14:03 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: ameribbean expat

“Wait til Otis sees us....He LOVED US!”


4 posted on 07/14/2016 2:14:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Hube
When you're stuck in the past, there can be no future.

It's like the movie Groundhog Day.

5 posted on 07/14/2016 2:14:58 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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6 posted on 07/14/2016 2:15:03 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Hube

“Will there be a separate water fountain for us at the formal?” Other students chimed in asking...

I would have have responded “Do you want there to be one?”


7 posted on 07/14/2016 2:16:10 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Hube

If only these academic parvenus understood that it was rock’n’roll in the 50s that opened the hearts of white and black young people to overcome the barriers set by earlier generations. The music led the way.


8 posted on 07/14/2016 2:16:49 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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To: Hube
Where's the love Rama-lama-ding-dong?
9 posted on 07/14/2016 2:17:21 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: nascarnation

Perfect photo to illustrate how the white kids sought out the black kids through music.


10 posted on 07/14/2016 2:17:35 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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To: Hube

It’s hard to “bump n grind” in a poodle skirt.

That be tha’ racists!!!


11 posted on 07/14/2016 2:20:26 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Hube

And you thought the confederate flag was the end of the erasure of history.


12 posted on 07/14/2016 2:21:39 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: N. Theknow

"What are you majoring in?"
"Primitive Cultures."

13 posted on 07/14/2016 2:22:06 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Hube
Maybe they should make it a Soul Train dance instead.


14 posted on 07/14/2016 2:23:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: nascarnation

Now WAAIIIIIIIIT A MINUTE ... !


15 posted on 07/14/2016 2:23:40 PM PDT by Hube
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To: VanDeKoik

16 posted on 07/14/2016 2:24:02 PM PDT by nascarnation
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That must be from the 50s they didn’t show us in school!


17 posted on 07/14/2016 2:25:10 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Hube

Harvard is above the Mason-Dixon line. Was there any official (as opposed to sub rosa) segregation up there during the 1950s, i.e., separate public accommodations?


18 posted on 07/14/2016 2:25:20 PM PDT by Cecily
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Were there separate drinking fountains in Boston as there were in Alabama and Georgia? Who knew?


19 posted on 07/14/2016 2:26:56 PM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: dfwgator

They could just go with a groovy 1970s theme.


20 posted on 07/14/2016 2:27:04 PM PDT by Cecily
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