First off,

If anyone dresses like Garth Brooks, they should be drug out into the middle of the road and shot for bein a drugstore cowboy. I mean, crap, he's from Oklahoma after all

Secondly,

starang, i don't know if you know this, but i'm pretty sure SATX is in fact, Latina. Based on that, i think she can pretty much speak for Latina sentiments on such parties.

Thirdly,

To me, i think there is a big difference between having a "Ghetto Fab" party and having an "Old South Party" or "Black Music" party, or some of the other party ideas that have resulted in offensive actions. I see a Ghetto Fab party as a bunch of kids wanting to emulate what is currently popular in today's society. Hell, if i went to a Ghetto Fab party i'd throw on a sports jersey and a backwards hat, is that racist? I've seen Kid Rock and Fred Durst do it.

Now, openly calling it a "Black Music" party, or Boyz 'n the hood, or whatever is completely disgraceful and i believe blatently stereotypes African-Americans. However, i think this ghetto fab party was more intended to, like i said, celebrate what is currently the most popular music in this country.

Fourthly,

I'll agree that African-Americans have indeed suffered racial injustices for many years. But to me, a bigger injustice is the way some of MY ancestors, the Native Peoples of this land were treated, being forced off their lands and systematically slaughtered by the government of the US. Their plight hasn't recieved a hundredth of the attention as African-Americans has, and as result they still languish on reservations in atrocious situations that rival any inner city slum in this country. So, while i'm not saying the struggle for equality is completely over for the African-American peoples, it has come a long way as compared to other races in this country.

Kitso
KS 361 days i've visited my family on Pine Ridge in South Dakota and thanked God my mother made it off the Rez