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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

A UCLA San Diego fraternity made fun of Black History Month. Do you think it should be ignored? I mean, what point are you making with this thread?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6v6HEwjEiw&feature=related

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

A UCLA San Diego fraternity made fun of Black History Month. Do you think it should be ignored? I mean, what point are you making with this thread?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6v6HEwjEiw&feature=related

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ORIGINAL: thornhappy

It's UCLA or it's UCSD, but not both.

(UCSB alumna)

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

I do not know what to think of this... 

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ORIGINAL: AnimusRex

Sometimes subcultures fight their marginalization by defiantly embracing the buzzwords and images used to mock them.

Like how the rap group NWA used the "N" word as a way of claiming that word to neutralize it.

Or the Blue Collar Comedy guys embracing the sterotypes of redneck white trash, poking fun at their own sterotypes.

So from what I gather, this guy does this sort of thing as his comedy schtick. Which is a good thing, in my view, because the more we make race a taboo, left undiscussed, the worse it becomes.

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

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ORIGINAL: AnimusRex

Sometimes subcultures fight their marginalization by defiantly embracing the buzzwords and images used to mock them.

Like how the rap group NWA used the "N" word as a way of claiming that word to neutralize it.

Or the Blue Collar Comedy guys embracing the sterotypes of redneck white trash, poking fun at their own sterotypes.

So from what I gather, this guy does this sort of thing as his comedy schtick. Which is a good thing, in my view, because the more we make race a taboo, left undiscussed, the worse it becomes.

I suppose that I understand the impulse behind this, but at the same time one person from a group cannot give a bunch of  frat boys "permission" to engage in what the majority culture sees as mocking behavior...

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Seems it was all consensual. Given that majority culture gasps, frowns, and looks for victims when one has chained someone to a wall and inflicted all sorts of painful and sensual evil upon them, even when it is consensual, then I'm of the opinion that majority culture should mind it's own business.

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

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Seems it was all consensual. Given that majority culture gasps, frowns, and looks for victims when one has chained someone to a wall and inflicted all sorts of painful and sensual evil upon them, even when it is consensual, then I'm of the opinion that majority culture should mind it's own business.

I am speaking of the reactions of those who are offended by this in the Black community.. Jigga Boo does not speak for every black person. It is not like he has this magic stamp that makes it okay for white kids to paint their faces black and use the "N" word. He does not have the free pass that is going to make this acceptable...

Now I am not going to condemn it either, because I do not have enough information to do so... but your statement that it is only the majority culture that is offended by this, I find that hard to believe, especially when there were Black students at UCSD who were very offended by the promotion of this party on their campus...

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this is different than a frat just deciding this would be a fun thing to do.

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it would automatically be a bad thing if the frat had decided to do it on its own, which is sorta how it is presented.

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I learned a long time ago that people are basically just people. The things that divide us are much smaller than the things that bind us together.

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But the focus always seems to be on the dividing lines, even among the most liberal who tout acceptance and tolerance. I live in America and believe in the tenets of its founding. Equal, free, and free to speak your mind regardless of whether majority agrees with it or not.

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In this case, it looks more of a stunt than anything. And as far as the mockery goes, it flows both ways in this stunt - something that will be, I'm sure, overlooked.

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I do not agree, either it is okay or it isn't... why is it okay for one black guy to give em a free pass, but it isn't okay for them to do it on their own?

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I am speaking of those who go to that campus who saw this event being promoted by a white frat... are you saying they have no cause to feel offended by this?