wearing costumes at a costume party is racist

Bilge_Rat · 11-23-16, 11:50 AM

maybe I am getting too old or am totally disconnected from today's PC culture, but I have trouble seeing how wearing a "costume" at a "costume party" is "racist".

Is there a list of approved "costumes" circulating somewhere with "approved" costumes?

Quote:

Queen's University investigates 'shockingly racist' student costume party

Queen's University is investigating after photos appeared online showing white people dressed as Buddhist monks, Middle Eastern sheiks, Mexicans and Viet Cong fighters in rice hats during an off-campus student party in Kingston, Ont.

Partygoers wore "inappropriate costumes" at the event Saturday in the University District, the Alma Mater Society said in a statement on Tuesday. The district is a residential area surrounding the campus.

"These events undermine Queen's ability to provide a welcoming and respectful campus environment," says the society's vice-president, Carolyn Thompson.

"We need to have an open and productive dialogue about race and racism on campus."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa...sity-1.3863522

Oberon · 11-23-16, 12:18 PM

Yeah, even I, as a member of the PC police, don't really understand this whole Cultural Appropriation thing.

Skybird · 11-23-16, 12:27 PM

No matter how clever the PC moves and arguments, PC always is like the old Avalanche board game by Parker, from the 80s: everything notoriously and unavoidably degenerates and falls from some higher ground to the lowest bottom.

Buddahaid · 11-23-16, 12:43 PM

What a load of rot. I'm planning on wearing one of those costumes for Mardi Gras next year. I guess I'm a racist now.

STEED · 11-23-16, 12:46 PM

Another steaming pile of the brown stuff.

GT182 · 11-23-16, 01:27 PM

You know what runs downhill. And it looks like it came from Carolyn Thompson. She must be the Campus Dictator.

AVGWarhawk · 11-23-16, 01:43 PM

If someone does not like it=racism. Simple formula in today's world. If that does not work a label is applied that ends in "phobia". It is getting very tiresome to say the least.

11-23-16, 12:27 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,611 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	No matter how clever the PC moves and arguments, PC always is like the old Avalanche board game by Parker, from the 80s: everything notoriously and unavoidably degenerates and falls from some higher ground to the lowest bottom. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-23-16, 12:43 PM	#4
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	What a load of rot. I'm planning on wearing one of those costumes for Mardi Gras next year. I guess I'm a racist now. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-23-16, 12:46 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Another steaming pile of the brown stuff. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-23-16, 01:27 PM	#6
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	You know what runs downhill. And it looks like it came from Carolyn Thompson. She must be the Campus Dictator. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

11-23-16, 01:43 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	If someone does not like it=racism. Simple formula in today's world. If that does not work a label is applied that ends in "phobia". It is getting very tiresome to say the least. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-23-16, 12:18 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Yeah, even I, as a member of the PC police, don't really understand this whole Cultural Appropriation thing.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode