I would question the validity of that statement.
Black face, KKK mentioned?
These are "young Republicans?
I need far more info in this before I fully judge them but I would ask two things:
Does Penn State have any admissions criteria, or can any idiot get in? (OK, I pre-judged them)
As a minimum, they should be banned for poor taste.
If saying "niggardly" can get a white man fired (yeah, yeah, officially he resigned, under duress). Then who the hell, in this day and age, is stupid enough to dress in black face?
A: actor Ted Danson
Can we say he's at least tone-deaf to racial sensitivity?