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PC Political Correctness
By: Mac Date: May 19, 2014, 11:32 am
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I'm going to start something new with Political Correctness.
It's in the news a lot. These are 'Fails' and WTF moments, but
the PC Police, whoever da f uck they are making PC issues out of
nothing. Two cases in point recently.
[glow=red,2,300]'Hump Day' under fire from PC police[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Dressing Up like the village people is
Racist[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Do Not use the term Mr. or Miss[/glow]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MvDzbqacXw&noredirect=1
Oh by the way... FOX News no longer amazes me. Their heads are
so far up their asses. Bring in points completely unrelated to
issues. Liberal Intolerance? WTF?
Who are these PC folks... Point them out please.
[glow=red,2,300]All-You-Can-Eat Taco Bars Deemed
Offensive[/glow]
[quote]Every year across the nation, several Pi Beta Phi
sorority chapters host all-you-can-eat “Pi Phiesta” taco bar
fundraisers at their respective campuses to raise money for
charity.
But that longstanding tradition, typically held around Cinco de
Mayo, is in jeopardy.
In the past few weeks, pressure from a handful of Latino
students at two high-profile universities who complained the
events are offensive prompted dramatic changes to two “Pi
Phiesta” fundraisers.
At Dartmouth College, the fundraiser was cancelled outright, and
at Stanford University, the sorority girls scrapped their
Mexican themed “Pi Phiesta” for a summery, ocean-themed one,
although they still served tacos. tacobarslider2
The Dartmouth situation created national headlines, while the
quick switcheroo at Stanford took place much more quietly.
Nevertheless, the future of “Pi Phiesta” fundraisers across the
nation hang in the balance as the charitable tradition faces
increased scrutiny from the politically correct campus police.
C’mon – how long before the directive comes down from the Pi
Beta Phi national headquarters with an “ixnay on the iestaphey.”
They don’t want or need the bad press or flack on campuses, and
will probably figure: Why bother?
(Editor’s note: A Pi Beta Phi spokeswoman contacted The College
Fix on Monday morning to clarify the Dartmouth Pi Phiesta was
not affiliated with their group, it doesn’t have a chapter
there, and also said “while a couple of Pi Beta Phi chapters
have held Pi Phiesta fundraisers, that theme is not recommended
and only a few of our 136 chapters host one.” So I guess the
smackdown on the theme has already taken place.)
The real losers, however, are the nonprofit efforts these events
help support; all-you-can-eat taco bars get lots of warm bodies
through the doors.
These particular sorority charity events are hardly offensive,
and if anything – they celebrate and honor Mexican heritage.
A YouTube video of a “Pi Phiesta” taco night last year shows a
bunch of students stuffing their faces with tacos, smiling, and
raising a wad of cash for literacy causes.
In the pictures on various Pi Beta Phi websites, one might see
an occasional sombrero-donned student or some maracas among the
bright yellow-orange decorations and neon-colored T-Shirts;
hardly offensive.
The fact that this is for charity and done without malicious
intent is apparently of no consequence to the handful of
aggrieved militant Latino students on campuses with a machete to
grind.
They accuse such events of “cultural appropriation” – defined by
the Stanford Daily as “actions that trivialize aspects of a
culture by not respecting a custom’s symbolic significance or
the history of a style of dress or other artifact.”
If that’s the case, maybe piñatas should be outlawed across
America – because who cares about the glee those little twerps
experience when they have candy rain down on them like Niagara
Falls? They’re appropriating Mexican culture for their own joy,
and for shame.tacobar1
In the same vein, that 21-year-old female student who throws on
a sombrero and serves up tacos to raise money to help an
inner-city child learn how to read should be told what an
insensitive twit she is.
PUT THE TACO DOWN, NOW!
Oh, the plight of the Latino college student. They face so much
bigotry.
Give me a break.
This whole
white-people-who-celebrate-Cinco-de-Mayo-are-a-bunch-of-ignorant
-and-offensive-buffoons
movement is absolutely ridiculous and completely out of control.
During this most recent Cinco de Mayo observance, not only did
these “Pi Phiestas” get derailed, but:
A sign at UCLA this month offered students a guide to a
“racist-free Cinco de Mayo,” advice that included warning
students not to speak their shoddy high school Spanish on the
day.
At North Carolina State University, its dining services
officials had to apologize for handing out “offensive” chocolate
mustaches for dessert on Cinco de Mayo.
A similar kerfuffle also occurred at the University of Maryland
after two Latino students were offended when the university’s
dining services staff voluntarily wore fake mustaches and
sombreros during its Cinco de Mayo dinner.
And circling back to Stanford, more sombrero-wearing dining
staff raised angst.
It’s just the latest in an established trend on campuses.
The irony of this whole situation is – Latino students should be
careful for what they wish for, because they just might get it.
Imagine May 5 on campus with no tacos, no sombreros, no mention
of anything Mexican at all. Head into the cafeteria and be
greeted with spaghetti and meatballs and Foo Fighters playing on
the stereo.
They’re whitewashing their own observance.[/quote]
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Re: PC Political Correctness
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 19, 2014, 4:15 pm
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Should be a fun thread since as you said, there's a lot out
there to add.
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Re: PC Political Correctness
By: Mac Date: May 19, 2014, 5:16 pm
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Yea, I think we are past the tipping point and going to see a
lot more pegging of the Goofy-Crap-O-Meter
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