Racist sorority party photo stirs outcry on the Web

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

Source: Yahoo news

A Penn State sorority has become the focus of an investigation after a racist Mexican-themed party picture was posted to the Web, according to the independent Penn State blog, Onward State.

The picture, said to taken around Halloween, shows the women dressed in sombreros and mustaches, and some who hold signs that read "Will mow lawn for weed + beer" and "I don't cut grass I smoke it."

The photo was posted on Tumblr and Facebook, where Onward State was able to identify the women tagged in the photo as members of the Chi Omega sorority on campus.

Jessica Riccardi, the president of the Nu Gamma chapter of Chi Omega, confirmed to the student publication the Daily Collegian that the sorority is under investigation, and issued an apology.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/racist-sorority-party-photo-stirs-outrage-181258221.html

[Sedona]

1. It would have been cute

without the mustaches and signs

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I don't know about that, just seems uncalled for. I've never seen a bunch of Mexicans

dressed in Greek letter sweatshirts holding signs that read "Will blow frat boy for 2 hits of ecstasy".

[Beowulf]

4. +1

[Drum]

6. HAHA!

Truly excellent reply

[reflection]

8. Diamond in the rough. Thank you.

Still laughing over here.

[abbeyco]

9. Best. Response. Ever.

[Matariki]

10. bwahahahaha!!

That needs to spread like a meme.

[dhec44]

11. Laughed out loud at your reply. Literally.

[Paladin]

12. Bullseye, Guy. (nt)

[WeRQ4U]

19. Rad.

You, sir....are a poet.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. Ha! Thank you kind sir. :-p

[Tom Ripley]

25. Beautiful!

[Le Taz Hot]

35. Oh, yeah!

[Beacool]

36. Wuuuaaaa!!!!

I almost spit my drink.

[OneGrassRoot]

50. *clapping* :) n/t

[Scootaloo]

51. Sometimes I see a post and go "Damn, wish I'd said that!"

[City Lights]

52. LOL!

[amandabeech]

28. Yeah, the mustaches and signs made it bad.

What idiots. I'm sorry that my alma mater shares a conference with this nuttiness.

Truly tasteless.

[obamanut2012]

29. I've never seen someone from Mexico wearing a serape and sombrero

And, I've been to Mexico plenty of times.

[Hoyt]

3. Penn State ain't getting good press lately.

[Beowulf]

5. Nor does it deserve good press

and I say that as a member of the Penn State faculty.

[callous taoboy]

7. Neil Young's song, "Stupid Girl," immediately comes to mind.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

13. Or Garbage's "Stupid Girl"...

plenty to go around.

[obamanut2012]

30. Or P!nk's "Stupid Girl"

[mac56]

32. Or the Stones' "Stupid Girl."

[sdfernando]

14. Really??? This shit is happening in 2012???

These girls should do a little research before they start stereo-typing. Maybe they should look up a Mexican named Luis Miramontes. I'm sure they would be VERY grateful for his contribution to the betterment of their sad and sorry lives.

[Blue_Tires]

16. Well, let's be honest...

Every school year some campus greek organization is in the news for doing something exactly like this...

[sdfernando]

18. Yeah, I suppose you are right

must be something in the Frat culture that sucks the common sense right out of everybody's soul.

[SoapBox]

15. I was taken a back by the whole STOOPID thing but really by

...the "sister" on the far left?

I don't know how to put it delicately other than...one "minority" doing this about another "minority"?

I'd ask the female on the far left...did you not think about this? HAVE you thought about it?

And they are there to get an education? Ya, some education. Any Chi Omega alumni on the DU should be raise'n some hell
with the headquarters/offices.

http://chiomega.com/Home

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. more than one minority. Black woman and Asian woman.

[Sivafae]

53. I guess only white people can do racist or otherwise stupid things?

So does one minority have to think about how it affects another minority? Because if that is the case, here in the SF Bay Area, I, a white person, am a minority and have been for the most part for my whole life here (especially in the areas I lived in--not true for the whole Bay Area). What I do reflects on the other minorities here? That kind of logic makes no sense.

There are many different cultures and heritages that arrive here, and often along with them, prejudices that are passed down through the generations. Let's be careful not to rope all the minorities in one category, or make them responsible to each other for their behaviour, because what you will find is that people no matter their ethnic heritage are for the most part prejudice. There is racial/cultural in-fighting going on all over this world, not just between white people and all other races. Racism doesn't just belong to white people in America.

[NoOneMan]

17. Where I went to school, the greek scene competes for how inappropriate their theme parties were

Pimps and Hoes comes to mind. Things like that. They sit around and think this stuff up with effort.

Its not ignorance and stupidity. Its "purposeful" black humor and inappropriateness.

Not a defense. Just a little insight on what they often try and accomplish. And it may not be the case here

[Paladin]

22. But....But....This Happened In Pennsylvania!

Must be a typo or something. We DU'ers know that this sort of ugly racist stuff only occurs in those inferior states in the South---you know, the ones that want to secede, thereby boosting the IQ of what remains of the U.S. Say it ain't so......

[JackRiddler]

23. Penn State keeps getting that good press.

Home of the biggest Osama death-ritual torchlight march. USA! USA! USA!

Covering for Jerry Sandusky, for decades.

Weeks of public clinging to Paterno and Co.

Student riots when Paterno was finally deep-sixed.

Now this.

Yum!

[Pterodactyl]

24. That sorority should be kicked out of the school and the women should be disciplined by the school.

I don't know if sensitivty training would do any good. They may be too far gone. Boot them out.

[Politicub]

26. Spoiled rich brats

Sadly, this behavior doesn't surprise me.

[virgogal]

31. What makes you think they're rich?

[Politicub]

40. Aren't they in a sorority?

Not very many paupers in the Greek system.

[virgogal]

54. No,not many paupers but tons of middle class kids.

[Politicub]

55. You're probably right.

I tend to generalize a bit much. I was a geek in college (and still am) and never really went for the Greek system. Couldn't afford it if I did.

I was pretty shocked at how much my friend's roommate was paying!

[obamanut2012]

27. You would think Penn State students would chill

For at least a semester or two!

[YOHABLO]

33. That Is Sooooooo Not Right! Put Them On Probation.

[ButterflyBlood]

34. I always thought in college frats and soroties were fucking stupid

There was one case where a candidate for Student Senate President lost after it was learned he was in a frat and his opponent campaigned all over Facebook on it drumming up anti-frat sentiment. This proves me and him right I'd say.

[Beacool]

37. Ahhhh, sororities............

I never wanted to join one, bunch of plastic girls without much common sense. I see that things haven't changed much since my college days.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

43. I've never gotten it either. To each his own I guess. But maybe we're the type of people who can

make friends on their own. I'm not trying to disparage every one of these organizations there are fraternities that are based more on academic achievement. But my experience at Ohio State with the average fraternity member wasn't a good one. Walking down 15th Ave at night almost guaranteed a fight.

[Beacool]

44. I was in a fraternity for honor students in my field.

We only met once in a while. I found the requirements to join sororities lame. I had already lived and studied in different parts of the world. I didn't need affirmation by a bunch of silly girls as to who I was as a person. I felt the same about the fraternities and their members. Their main goal seemed to drink to oblivion and to bed every little sister they could get their hands on. I never dated a frat guy, they bored me.

[DonCoquixote]

38. These are the ladies

Who, being sorority types, will have advantages over the other ladies going for jobs. And the way they manifest this is to do something that would get a black sorority smacked down if they even THOUGHT of trying it. And people wonder why we brown, black, yellow, red (insert non white shade) here get really, really tired of these future Ann Romneys and Ann Coulters.

OH, and Penn State, yes, we all know how much they love to protect the vulnerable people. (sacrasm)

[Judi Lynn]

39. Disgusting assholes. Failing as humanitarians. n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

41. Right? I wonder how the asian woman all the way to the left would feel about

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a hilariously themed "Chinesey" party.

[AlexSatan]

45. It's hard to tell by the quality of the picture

But I would bet money that there is at least one Hispanic woman ( I assume they are all over 18) in there.

[AlexSatan]

47. Great. A racist comment for a thread about racism

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

48. I should have said lady or woman. nt

[llmart]

42. This is just plain disgusting.

I don't know what else to say. If one of these girls was my daughter (well, my daughter wouldn't do this and she already emailed me and said how disgusting she thought this picture was), I would not contribute one penny more to her "education".

[KamaAina]

49. Remember, this is Penn State.