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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I will admit that the blackface didn't immediately jump out at me. My first thought with the crown and the style of the design was that it resembled a brass rubbing, where everything is black except the outline:
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Same here. I kept staring at the photo and concluded that the only issue was the "homeboy."
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
I would have taken it that way too, except the "homeboy" thing and you could argue some of the features are exaggerated.
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I wonder if the Phi Mu representatives will say that it was mere coincidence--brass rubbing and "homeboy." It was an unintended consequence.
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Originally Posted by PiAlphaGammaFM
would you feel different if the same design was in pink rather than black?
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It would be a silly pink "mascot is my homeboy" shirt rather than a seemingly blackface "mascot is my homeboy" shirt. That would make it dumb rather than racially and ethnically offensive.
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Originally Posted by PiAlphaGammaFM
i dont think its really worth getting so worked up over, but what do i know? *shrug*
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You are kind of new to posting on Greekchat. There are two things that grate GCers' nerves:
1. Speaking for a council/conference and GLO other than your own
2. Responding to social and political discussions with "don't get worked up over this."