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Penn State Sorority, Chi Omega, Causes Outrage with Racist Mexican-Themed Picture
A photo of Penn State Chi Omega sorority members wearing ponchos, sombreros and fake mustaches -- during a Mexican-themed sorority party -- has surfaced and caused outrage at Penn State, reports the Daily Mail.
In the picture, apparently taken around Halloween, some of the women held cardboard signs that read: "Will Mow Lawn For Weed + Beer" and "I Don’t Cut Grass, I Smoke It."
Cesar Sanchez Lopez, the vice president of the Mexican American Student Association at Penn State, said the stereotypes were offensive and untrue.
Some students responded by putting up posters on the door of Penn State’s Fraternity and Sorority Life offices with the photo and the words: "Racial insensitivity – brought to you by Chi Omega" and "We are racist… Chi Omega."
The president of Chi Omega’s Nu Gamma chapter, Jessica Riccardi, issued a statement: "Our chapter of Chi Omega sincerely apologizes for portraying inappropriate and untrue stereotypes. The picture in question does not support any of Chi Omega’s values or reflect what the organization aspires to be."
The photo was originally reported by OnwardState.com, an alternative student blog at Penn State, which stated:
The connection between Chi Omega and the racist image was discovered when examining the names of the girls pictured. This proved to be easy as those featured in the image were tagged on Facebook. One name...shows up in the tags of the image. Her Twitter bio not only has the Chi Omega letters, ΧΩ, but the phrase “lyrivie” which also appears in the caption of the debated image.
OnwardState.com reports that Penn State’s Greek Life director Dr. Roy Baker, along with other school leaders, have been discussing possible punishments for the sorority.
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Can anything negative be
Can anything negative be said, implied, about non-whites without it being "racist"? What about negative comments, stereotypes about whites?
You will NEVER meet an
You will NEVER meet an "Anti-Racist" that says black cities/countries/universities need to become more "Diverse"
You will NEVER meet an "Anti-Racist" that says asian cities/countries/universities need to become more "Diverse"
"Anti-Racists" say that they are already DIVERSE because DIVERSITY just means GETTING RID OF WHITE CHILDREN.
EVERY white country is told to DESTROY ITS RACE & CULTURE via Massive non-white immigration and forced assimilation.
"Anti-Racists" demand this of NO non-white countries.
The TRUE GOAL of "Anti-Racism" is to single out white children for global genocide.
Anti-Racist is a code word for Anti-White
Are all schools &
Are all schools & universities suppose to be searching for political motivations inside every student party? Are all theme parties to be banned? I see no intent at racism in this photo. On the contrary, it seems these girls were just mocking the stereotype not perpetuating it. This was a private party with photos posted on personal Facebook accounts, so there was no intent to broadcast a racial viewpoint. The girls didn't parade around dressed up carrying signs or put up posters of this photo around campus. Someone had to actually research the backgrounds of the individual girls in this photo to even connect them to a Sorority, because if this had just been a group of college friends having a private party at one of their homes it would have been no business of Penn State University.
The sorority made an apology to anyone offended. The college should simply warn then to be more publicly aware (cautious) in future and leave it at that.
They sure lived up to
They sure lived up to stereotypical bimbo, vapid, sorority chick.
Not the worst thing the "greeks" have done. Send them to sensitvity training and call it a day
When I read about ponchos,
When I read about ponchos, sombreros and fake mustaches at a Mexican themed party, I thought that this sounded about right. Then I saw the two cardboard signs, and thought that they were crass and embarrassing.
Then I read, "Cesar Sanchez Lopez, the vice president of the Mexican American Student Association at Penn State, said the stereotypes were offensive and untrue." I realised that the comment suggested four types of stereotypes, true but inoffensive, true and offensive, false but inoffensive, and false and offensive, the last being the one type out the four types that Cesar Sanchez Lopez objected to. I wondered whether he objected to the other three types.
I thought the poncho's, sombreros and mustaches dress code sounded like true and but inoffensive stereotypes, and the cardboard signs like false and offensive stereotypes, verging on racist.
this is funny ass hell i
this is funny ass hell i don;t see anything racist about it if they would actually take the time to do a little history lesson mexican's do grow weed and bring it into the USA and the origina people who wore the bigs hats and fancy cloths were the spanish white folks mexicans are actually native people.
This is wrong? While the
This is wrong? While the politicians hold the American people in contempt for wanting what they were forced to pay for and the inbreed politician stold. America get back on track.
Really, was I offending
Really, was I offending people when I attended toga parties.
To continually cry "racist"
To continually cry "racist" will diminish its impact and make a mockery of the importance of what America fought for in our Civil War and the travesties that occurred prior and since. Enough already!
God Bless!