'Wait, that was racist?' Halloween edition

No.

 

"It was just a Halloween decoration," alone, is not a good argument against this. It's how people justify racist or sexist actions or comments all the time: "Can't you take a joke?"

That said ...

In this particular case, it seems like the imagery was meant to invoke suicide, not lynching, right?

Like someone said: The potential problem was pointed out to them. They took it down. Everyone can go home happy.

 

Agreed...

I don't think they did anything wrong. But it is Berkeley, where the greek system has an incredibly volatile relationship with the rest of the student body and the locals and has for decades.

 

I attended an IFC conference when I was in college and they showed us some of the "theme parties" that had gotten fraternities in trouble from around the country.

There was some stuff there that would have caused anyone's jaw to drop.

There have definitely been tons of things that are worth getting worked up over... This deal at Cal is definitely not one of them.

 

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