If I were not a frequenter of this site i would not have known about the Auburn Case or the other ones. Nor would I have know the
significance in the way we are using it here.
Be wary of assuming that other people know things that you find obvious because those things are important to you.
I make that mistake all the time.
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Originally posted by dstbrat
while they might not know what a minstrel show is, unless they were in a coma the last 3 years, everyone heard about the Auburn case and the subsequent cases around the country of white fraternity members dressed up in blackface. in all the cases, negative publicity followed for the fraternity and the school. the obvious lesson would be-hey, don't dress up in blackface. it's a bad idea. but, in the south theses guys have the idea that they are untouchable. that daddy will hire a lawyer and make it go away.
some even try to invoke the constitution to protect their insensitivity. but when you attend a publically funded school and seek membership in organizations that have anti-discrimination clauses, you voluntarily forfeit some of those rights.
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