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When I was in college we had everything from a "Ghetto" (aka Friday) themed party to "Country Club" (aka Caddyshack) to the Dukes of Hazard where half the girls wore Daisy Dukes. Looking back I can see how they weren't the most PC events to put on and while I am not trying to justify it with the media, but nothing we participated in was in blatant direspect of a particular culture. Everyone has a different viewpoint on things.
For example, while I was in school a particular "socially conscious" group was up in arms about the Kappa Sigs Independence Party. At UT, the Kappa Sigs put on a Texas Independence party every March to celebrate....Texas' Independence from Mexico. Only instead of being Texans, they're Mexicans. They hang up Mexican flags outside of their house, serve 'Ritas & Fajitas the day before the big party and all of the pledges were sombreros. Are they making fun of the Mexican culture? Hardly! In the sixties & seventies, the Kappa Sig house used to be directly across from the UT Tower. Every year for Texas Independence the Texas Cowboys would fire up 'Ol Smokey (the cannon) in the direction of the Kappa Sig house. Tradition says that one year the Kappa Sigs came out of the house and windows with white flags to get the Cowboys to stop firing the cannon - surrendering (like the Mexicans did to the Texans)....only these guys wanted to go back to sleep and stop firing the cannon!
While this party may be an exception to the PC etiquette, I do believe some Political Correctness has gotten out of hand. A good rule of thumb is if you don't want to see your event in the press or embarass your mother, you probably shouldn't be doing it.
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