Maybe this is what Bill Maher was talking about ,we have become too politically correct

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95. What people are missing is that Ms. Hernandez made no demands.

She expressed displeasure and offense at the proposed "phestivities" and she also said she wasn't surprised by them. She expressed this displeasure to the people AT Dartmouth who oversee "Greek Life" and diversity issues, and the dean--she didn't go outside the campus at all (this fact seems to be obscured in reports about this matter).

The people organizing the event then had a PRIVATE meeting--with no press allowed-- and they made the decision without any consultation or negotiation to just cancel the event. My theory is that they knew what the event was going to be about--and it included a lot of the hijinks and expropriation and trivialization that Ms. Hernandez was griping about.

This young woman is a junior; I am sure she's seen this shit before; it's an annual event and it is nationwide, and people at other schools in TX and CA have also complained about how insulting it is to Mexicans--of course, the Mexican population in CA and TX is a bit more robust than I suspect it is at Dartmouth College up there in the boondocks, so they probably didn't have to deal with the "spoilsport" charges this woman is enduring.

The two spokespeople (frat/sorority presidents) stated in the paper that they supported the cancellation of the event, that they made the decision in concert with the campus frat leadership unilaterally, and they then issued a joint letter saying they hope that in future there will be better communication between the "Dartmouth community" and the frat/sorority people when in comes to stuff like this.

Here's what I think--if people wouldn't objectify and/or mock one another's histories or cultures, they'd be better off and no one would feel marginalized, dehumanized or insulted. It's possible to have fun and not MAKE FUN of people. "It's all in good fun" and "Oh, they're just joking" is fine until it's your cultural experience that is being derided. And people who think they need to be "allowed" to mock others in stereotypical fashion, without any pushback, need to grow up a bit.