red states rule
05-11-2013, 03:27 AM
Another example of the "offended" crying out for attention and acting like a bunch of 5 year olds
Damn near anything these days can get you the "racist" tag
Northwestern Universityhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#) continued to stumble over diversity issues this week as Mexican students voiced disagreement with a campuswide letter that advised students not to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by engaging in racially-offensive activities, such as eating tacos and drinking tequila.
The letter was sent (http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/05/02/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-asg-alianza-officials-call-for-respectful-celebration-of-cinco-de-mayo/)to students via e-mail, and published in The Daily Northwestern last week. Leaders of Alianza, a Latino studenthttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#) group, and the Associated Student Government called on students to remember that Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico’s victory over France in the Battle of Puebla. It is not a day to throw a sombrero-themed party, they said.
“Some of our peers choose to throw ‘Mexican-themed’ parties that are culturally insensitive, offensive, and detrimental to the Northwestern community,” said the letter, which noted that this was a problem year after year. “Drinking tequila shots, eating tacos, and wearing sombreros do not commemorate Mexican culture; on the contrary, that offends, marginalizes, and isolates many of our friends, classmates, and community members, and casts our entire community in poor light.”
The two Alianza presidents who signed the letter are not Mexican, according to The Daily Northwestern.
Their recommendations were quite a shock to Northwestern studentshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#) who actually came from Mexico. Several of them fired back recently.
“I’d like to say that I proudly embrace my tacos, tequila and sombreros,” wrote Ruben Antonio Marcos Bours, a Northwestern student, in a statement (http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/05/07/campus/international-students-from-mexico-take-issue-with-cinco-de-mayo-letter/). “To me, they are a key part of my childhood, growing up in Monterrey, Mexico.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#ixzz2Syyn0EDR
Damn near anything these days can get you the "racist" tag
Northwestern Universityhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#) continued to stumble over diversity issues this week as Mexican students voiced disagreement with a campuswide letter that advised students not to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by engaging in racially-offensive activities, such as eating tacos and drinking tequila.
The letter was sent (http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/05/02/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-asg-alianza-officials-call-for-respectful-celebration-of-cinco-de-mayo/)to students via e-mail, and published in The Daily Northwestern last week. Leaders of Alianza, a Latino studenthttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#) group, and the Associated Student Government called on students to remember that Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico’s victory over France in the Battle of Puebla. It is not a day to throw a sombrero-themed party, they said.
“Some of our peers choose to throw ‘Mexican-themed’ parties that are culturally insensitive, offensive, and detrimental to the Northwestern community,” said the letter, which noted that this was a problem year after year. “Drinking tequila shots, eating tacos, and wearing sombreros do not commemorate Mexican culture; on the contrary, that offends, marginalizes, and isolates many of our friends, classmates, and community members, and casts our entire community in poor light.”
The two Alianza presidents who signed the letter are not Mexican, according to The Daily Northwestern.
Their recommendations were quite a shock to Northwestern studentshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#) who actually came from Mexico. Several of them fired back recently.
“I’d like to say that I proudly embrace my tacos, tequila and sombreros,” wrote Ruben Antonio Marcos Bours, a Northwestern student, in a statement (http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/05/07/campus/international-students-from-mexico-take-issue-with-cinco-de-mayo-letter/). “To me, they are a key part of my childhood, growing up in Monterrey, Mexico.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/latino-student-group-says-eating-tacos-is-offensive-to-mexicans/#ixzz2Syyn0EDR