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?”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...
Otis Day is not happy.
Just a natural extension of all this crap. Everything historical, traditional or Western is racist.
“Wait til Otis sees us....He LOVED US!”
It's like the movie Groundhog Day.
“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?”
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.
Perfect photo to illustrate how the white kids sought out the black kids through music.
It’s hard to “bump n grind” in a poodle skirt.
That be tha’ racists!!!
And you thought the confederate flag was the end of the erasure of history.
"What are you majoring in?"
"Primitive Cultures."
Now WAAIIIIIIIIT A MINUTE ... !
That must be from the 50s they didn’t show us in school!
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?
Were there separate drinking fountains in Boston as there were in Alabama and Georgia? Who knew?
They could just go with a groovy 1970s theme.
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