Fraternity reported for ‘bias incident’ of wearing construction outfits on May 5

Fraternity reported for ‘bias incident’ of wearing construction outfits on May 5

"...It wasn’t a Cinco de Mayo party. 

It had no sombreros or tacos, as far as anyone knows.
Yet the University of Chicago’s Phi Gamma Delta, known casually as FIJI, has nonetheless been reported for the “bias incident” of throwing a party where attendees wore construction outfits.

• Relevant to know: Its fraternity house has been “under renovation and construction for two years.”

The Chicago Maroon reports that the party was originally scheduled for May 5, but its start time was revised to midnight May 6. Its original theme was “get hammered” – hence the Photoshopped construction hats on fraternity brothers, hammer and construction crane in the Facebook invitation.

• The left-wing Latino student group MEChA issued a veiled threat May 4 to anyone who might violate “the fine line between celebrating culture on a national holiday and undermining the cultural dignity of a group through ignorant and ill-intentioned appropriation.” (Note to MEChA: May 5 is not a national holiday in Mexico.)
• Because some people showed up in construction gear anyway, FIJI showed its “privilege and authority by blatantly disregarding the concerns of marginalized groups without facing disciplinary actions,” the letter says:
• Moreover, this event was an attack on the mental and emotional well-being of marginalized students on campus...