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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
I think context is important here. We're seeing a lot of incidents like this coming from the Duke Greek system. I could see where they'd be sick and f*cking tired of explaining racism to white people.
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Exactly. And like I said upthread, the chapter should have seen this kind of reaction coming a mile away.
Whether one thinks the party was horribly offensive or just a stupid, insensitive idea, or whether one thinks those who have protested have over-reacted or are fully justified, anyone familiar with Duke campus culture should have been able to predict how this would play out. The idea that the chapter president issued a statement that said "Upon learning of the deeply damaging effects of our email to our fellow students, we should have completely canceled the aforementioned party," is mind-boggling to me. Yes, they should have canceled the party, but if they're smart enough to get into Duke, they're smart enough to figure out how the party and the email would be perceived by the campus community at large without having to "learn it" after the fact.
They should also be smart enough to anticipate how the whole thing would go over with Kappa Sig HQ and with Duke, especially since they just got their charter back last year after 10 years as an off-campus local. You'd think that even if sensitivity towards other students wasn't a concern for them, self-interest and self-preservation would have been.
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