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Duke University fraternity
under fire for
Asian themed party

News and Obsever [Raleigh,NC], by Kelly Poe

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Posted By:Fiesta del sol, 2/8/2013 6:37:49 AM

A Duke University fraternity has been suspended from its national affiliation after complaints about a themed party last week that featured Asian stereotypes. About 200 Duke students gathered Wednesday to protest the Kappa Sigma party, which was held Friday. The party originally was called “Asia Prime” in social media posts that featured references to drinking sake and an exaggerated, stereotypical language, such as saying “Herro” instead of “Hello.”(snip)Still, photos from the party showed mostly white students wearing sumo wrestler costumes and chopsticks in their hair.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: SnowQueen, 2/8/2013 6:47:51 AM     (No. 9165049)

Next time they should dress up as Vikings. Scandinavians love a good party, and we won´t complain if anyone shows up wearing horns. Skol!


Reply 2 - Posted by: Jethro bo, 2/8/2013 6:51:42 AM     (No. 9165056)

Next time they should consider a toga party. Wait, that will upset the Italians. Well, how about a Medieval party. Whoops that will upset all of Europe. How about a Mad Men party. Enter the offended feminist. Antebellum party? Civil War party? You got it, here comes the offended minorities. Don´t even think about a Cowboys and Indian party. Looks like all that is left is a Gay Pride Parade party. And that my friends is how we channel young men into Alan Alda wussy types.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: chumley, 2/8/2013 6:51:49 AM     (No. 9165057)

It might add a new slant to college parties.
Any offensive behavior was purely occidental.


Reply 4 - Posted by: Rob_NC, 2/8/2013 6:52:55 AM     (No. 9165060)

..really..I guess we crackers are the only one`s safe to have fun with.....some people really need to get a life....frat party....pleeese..!


Reply 5 - Posted by: Shucky, 2/8/2013 6:55:15 AM     (No. 9165065)

They know the condemnation is coming from left wing thought police, and the students will end up despising the left for it.


Reply 6 - Posted by: TCloud, 2/8/2013 6:57:23 AM     (No. 9165068)

...throw a *Communist Party*!


Reply 7 - Posted by: cartcart, 2/8/2013 6:59:48 AM     (No. 9165073)

This is bad. Nobody ever thought of a themed party like this before?


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Judith, 2/8/2013 7:06:59 AM     (No. 9165080)

Well, thank goodness none of our leaders came from THAT university. A lot of them come from a university that has a S & M sex society/club....harvard. So much better than a foolish but essentially harmless fraternity hosting an asian themed party.


Reply 9 - Posted by: GringoinQuito, 2/8/2013 7:14:43 AM     (No. 9165089)

Give me a break!


Reply 10 - Posted by: cartcart, 2/8/2013 7:19:27 AM     (No. 9165095)

I think they would do the same thing at UCRA.


Reply 11 - Posted by: ROLFnader, 2/8/2013 7:23:41 AM     (No. 9165098)

It won´t be long and these busy bodies will try to ban Steely Dan´s best album -because the title just ´sounds´ racist.


Reply 12 - Posted by: JackBurton, 2/8/2013 7:29:33 AM     (No. 9165107)

There are two types of people in this world.

Those who can pronounce ´lalapalooza´ and

..´that´s not funny´ types.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: rfr46, 2/8/2013 7:51:47 AM     (No. 9165140)

I nominate No. 10 for post of the week.


Reply 14 - Posted by: mijcraw, 2/8/2013 8:05:41 AM     (No. 9165163)

Let’s say that a Asian college and one of its fraternity´s held a similar themed party, but instead it was an "American" theme event, you know with stereo type cowboys, Indians, mobsters, hillbillies, Hip-hop stars, football players, baseball players and etc., would we be upset?......NO

Why do we care so much that these kids want to act and behave like idiots...I really don´t care. When they return to real life in public, and continue this unacceptable rude behavior then raise some flags, but what a bunch a stupid college kids do behind closed doors is their business.


Reply 15 - Posted by: Topic Thunder, 2/8/2013 8:11:41 AM     (No. 9165174)

With sex you get eggroll.


Reply 16 - Posted by: EnsignO´Toole, 2/8/2013 8:34:29 AM     (No. 9165213)

Oh, for god´s sake, I´m so tired of all the PC crap. Ms. Zhou said: " It trivializes me! It makes me feel like less than a human being.”

My feeling is that Ms. Zhou has a serious problem if a frat party can make her feel "less than human". My only concern about a fraternity or sorority party would be the the possible consumption of alcohol, drugs, and sex.

As a "Greek" alumnus, to my knowledge Asians are not prevented from "rushing" and can join any national Greek fraternity/sorority on any campus. My guess is there are probably Asian students on Duke´s campus who are in the Greek system. Maybe they even have their own Asian fraternity or sorority.

Where I went to school in the 60´s we had both a national "black", Greek fraternity and a national "black" Greek sorority. My bet is that neither of them seek out white or Asian members even now in our PC culture. However, the so-called "white" Greeks on my campus opened their arms to both, because their national organizations said they should.

While I agree that race discrimination is bad for many reasons and actually short-changes society when it occurs, the idea that we can´t discriminate is hypocritical. We discriminate all the time - such as choosing brown shoes over black or navy blue shoes. I discriminate when I go to the grocery store - do I buy Folger´s coffee, or do I buy Hill´s Brothers or Maxwell House? Do I buy Coke or do I buy Pepsi or 7Up?

Whatever happened to just having fun?


Reply 17 - Posted by: rarebear, 2/8/2013 8:40:47 AM     (No. 9165221)

This article had me at "herro",


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: benignczar, 2/8/2013 8:51:57 AM     (No. 9165242)

Another reason to divide this country into two separate entities...one all white; one all trash.


Reply 19 - Posted by: Halfvast Conspirator, 2/8/2013 9:37:32 AM     (No. 9165386)

These kids need to get some reorientation


Reply 20 - Posted by: lakerman1, 2/8/2013 9:41:21 AM     (No. 9165399)

But a black fraternity can have a whitey party and go in whiteface, and that´s OK.

One of the amusing things about the Seinfeld TV show was that they made fun of everyone! Homosexuals, lesbians, native americans, Asians,blacks, physically handicapped, mentally challenged, mentally disturbed, affirmative action, and on and on.
One of the best ways to get over a bias is to address it directly. Seinfeld allowed us to have guilty pleasure watching the show.


Reply 21 - Posted by: killerbee, 2/8/2013 9:46:18 AM     (No. 9165413)

Nobody should send their kids to Duke. Nobody. It has become a caricature for leftists abuse.


Reply 22 - Posted by: voxpop, 2/8/2013 10:14:03 AM     (No. 9165473)

Political correctness will be the death of this Republic.
A.E.K.D.B. Delta Eta ´70


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: joew9, 2/8/2013 10:14:44 AM     (No. 9165475)

They do say herro. They do get their L´s and R´s mixed up. And the funny thing is they get L´s and R´s mixed up even in their e-mails and documents. And ten years ago before I started working here I thought it was just in their speech. And they take no offense when I correct them and they in turn teach me some Japanese.

And just like in the old B&W movies of the 50´s they say Ah-So a lot. And many of them grin a lot and have big front teeth just like in those old movies. And they are great to work with and immensely fun at lunch and love American food.

They also say Hi(hai) over and over when on the phone talking back home to the corporate office. I finally asked my cubicle neighbor what Hi meant after hearing him say nothing but Hi on the phone for over an hour. He said it was Yes. I asked what was the word for No. He said they never say No. They just say That will be very difficult. And that seems to be true across all the Asian culture.


Reply 24 - Posted by: ScarletPimpernel, 2/8/2013 10:38:18 AM     (No. 9165535)

Good one, #1. I´m a huge fan of Steely Dan, Aja being my favorite album.


Reply 25 - Posted by: ScarletPimpernel, 2/8/2013 9:04:18 PM     (No. 9166557)

Meant #11.



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