Sunday, April 27, 2014

At Dartmouth Word Fiesta Is Racist White People Can't Use It

At Dartmouth Word Fiesta Is Racist White People Can't Use It | The Daily Caller
Another ridiculous politically-correct brouhaha has broken out at Dartmouth College, America’s most hopelessly and disturbingly fragile Ivy League school.
This time, the fracas is over a fundraiser for cardiac care that the Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and the Alpha Phi sorority had planned to jointly sponsor, reports Campus Reform.
Problems arose because a single student, junior Daniela Hernandez, was offended by the party’s theme of “Phiesta.”
As a result, the soiree, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been canceled by the presidents of the respective Greek organizations.
Had the party happened, it would have included a live band as well as virgin piƱa coladas and strawberry daiquiris. There would also have been burritos, chips and salsa, and guacamole.
The cash raised at the event would have gone to benefit cardiac treatments.
However, Hernandez’s deep offense about racial insensitivity was enough to call it off.
The self-proclaimed “Mexican-born, United-States-raised, first-generation woman of color” declared in an angry email that “there are various problematic structures and ideologies regarding a Cinco de Mayo-inspired event,” according to Campus Reform.

1 comment:

TMLutas said...

I think you might consider a twist on this story. This young lady is not without an Internet history.
In her high school years, she was interested in medicine
http://www.mahpa-sa.com/2011/06/daniela-hernandez/

However during her college years, that double major got dropped and she just kept the hispanic studies.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dartmouthdirect/category/admissions/
http://www.dartmouth.edu/admissions/bound/participants-say.html

Could it be that she was angry at the pre-med program and is using this to get a very personal revenge? The story remains an indictment of political correctness but a slightly different one, that it allows people to work through their personal revenge fantasies by roping in credulous rube administrators.