Ugliest/Most Horrible Paraphenalia you've ever seen?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

FYI -
http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/51...my-homeboy.jpg
http://www.jesusismyhomeboy.com/


I don't think the word homeboy and "blackface" are being used in the way some of you are thinking.

I think what DeltaBetaBaby put in parentheses is probably key to understanding her reaction to the shirt:

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

. . . it's really hard to explain why this is offensive to anyone who can't immediately see that it's offensive (given knowledge of Phi Mu and our mascot).

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I think what DeltaBetaBaby put in parentheses is probably key to understanding her reaction to the shirt:

I must have skimmed past that. Why was it brought up on GC if only a handful of people would realize what was offensive? I would think that it would be kept within the Phi Mu family.

In any event, I still think that the homeboy thing was in reference to the site I linked.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

In any event, I still think that the homeboy thing was in reference to the site I linked.

And that is absolutely fine. There are Christians who find that reference to Jesus to be offensive, just as there are apparently Phi Mus who find that reference to their mascot to be offensive.

What's more interesting is how that mascot is now a brass rubbing "homeboy" and Jesus is now a big nosed, crinkly haired "homeboy."

LOL @ the "Jesus Is My Homeboy" website claiming that the tshirt was designed without a race, creed, or color and that it was a neutral image that everyone can identify with. That's as much bullshit as the Eurocentric images of Jesus being neutral without race, creed, or color. Anyway, people just need to be honest. If you wanted a darkened Phi Mu mascot for a tshirt, just say so. If you wanted a darkened Jesus for a tshirt, (regardless of how Jesus really looked and whether there was ever a "Black Baby Jesus"), just say so. Quit the bullshit. LOL.