Bias Reporting System at Wake?

[MysteryMen]

It's the "rap video" party. No one ever called it "dress like a black person" party. At least not in my time at Wake.

This. Whether that makes a difference, I don't know.

Maybe the students these days are dumber noSAT) and actually call it "dress like a black person" or maybe the girl that complained was exaggerating. From the supposed quotes she attributes to unnamed freshmen that don't sound like something a real person would actually say in public, I'm inclined to think the latter

 

[DG3]

Isn't the real problem that you simply cannot make fun of anything that can in any way be connected to minorities anymore? There is a black guy in the article that states how he dresses conservatively. So the party is mocking the hip hop culture more than black people in general. GET OVAH IT. Can't have your cake and eat it too. No different than a redneck party.

These were some of the best parties at Wake

 

[Manifest Destiny]

These were some of the best parties at Wake

Im sure they were. I can only imagine the OP-ED where a girl was disgusted when she was asked if her roommate looked "trashy" enough.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

lol that we're going to claim "rap video party" =/= dress ghetto/like a black person. stupid rich white kids be stupid rich white kids

 

[BeachBumDeac]

Isn't the real problem that you simply cannot make fun of anything that can in any way be connected to minorities anymore? There is a black guy in the article that states how he dresses conservatively. So the party is mocking the hip hop culture more than black people in general. GET OVAH IT. Can't have your cake and eat it too. No different than a redneck party.

I don't think a bunch of white people dressing as white stereotypes is the same as a bunch of white people dressing as black stereotypes.

 

[Deacfreak07]

lol that we're going to claim "rap video party" =/= dress ghetto/like a black person. stupid rich white kids be stupid rich white kids

This is like the Uncle Thomas distinction all over again.

 

[Biff Tannen]

KA has been at Wake since at least the early 70's.

You might want to go back another 80 years.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

You might want to go back another 80 years.

here's a rendering of the very first Rap Video Party

 

[RJKarl]

KA has been at Wake since at least the early 70's.

I think KA has been at wake since at least the 50s. During the late 60-s mid 70s, they and Kappa Sigs were very racist.

Deke started in 68-70 some time.

 

[Biff Tannen]

KA has been at Wake since the late 1800's.

 

[Deacfreak07]

KA has been at Wake since the late 1800's.

They've only been on the Reynolda Campus since the 1950s though. #rjisright

 

[Deacfreak07]

I was going to make a joke that Thomas Dixon, the most famously racist alumnus of Wake Forest and author of pro-KKK novels, was probably a KA, and sure enough:

In September 1879 Dixon enrolled at Wake Forest where he studied history and political science. As a student there, Dixon performed remarkably well, and in 1883, after only four years, Dixon earned a masters degree. His record at Wake Forest was outstanding, and he earned the distinction of achieving the highest student honors ever awarded at the university to that date.[7] While a student there, he was a founding member of their chapter of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dixon,_Jr.

 

[Manifest Destiny]

I don't think a bunch of white people dressing as white stereotypes is the same as a bunch of white people dressing as black stereotypes.

But its not a black stereotype. Its a cultural stereotype. That's the issue.

 

[BeachBumDeac]

But its not a black stereotype. Its a cultural stereotype. That's the issue.

Can you expand on that? What do you mean by "cultural stereotype"?

 

[Manifest Destiny]

Can you expand on that? What do you mean by "cultural stereotype"?

Dressing like 2 Chainzz is a caricature of the hip hop culture, which, people of many races participate in.

 

[smallbigtall]

See, if I were invited to that party, I'd dress up as Matisyahu, but then there'd probably be some OUTRAGE about that too

 

[DeaconCav06]

Dressing like 2 Chainzz is a caricature of the hip hop culture, which, people of many races participate in.

You just have to make sure you pull up to the scene with the ceiling missing.

 

[Manifest Destiny]

You just have to make sure you pull up to the scene with the ceiling missing.

Already know.

 

[BeachBumDeac]

Dressing like 2 Chainzz is a caricature of the hip hop culture, which, people of many races participate in.

doesn't really pass the bullshit test, IMO. The party organizers might see it like that, but anyone who's been to college knows that almost every single participant just sees it as "dress ghetto"

 

[bym051d]

Dressing like 2 Chainzz is a caricature of the hip hop culture, which, people of many races participate in.

Looks pretty well dressed to me.