Ghetto fab

[kddani]

I don't have a whole lot to add, and I don't want to get super invovled in this thread... but i did have a few questions/thoughts i wanted to throw out there.

* I don't agree that "ghetto fab" is an appropriate mixer theme b/c it is likely to be done in very bad taste. Wait, i don't think it's possible to do that in good taste.

* Question (not having to do with ghetto-fab but some of the other things thrown out there)- when does something stop being a celebration of a country/heritage/culture and start being racist?

In elementary school, and even high school, you would have different days learning about countries and cultures, etc. other than your own. The comments about fiestas really made me think of this. Sometimes you'd dress in that kind of clothing, a lot of times it involved food. For instance- in Spanish, have mexican or spanish food, have a pinata, do other things. In French class, we never dressed up, but we would have parties to celebrate the culture.

Where is the line between celebrating a culture and being "racist"?

Obviously ghetto-fab, white-trash, etc aren't really acceptable and are immediately deemed racist. But what about fiestas and the like????

Just trying to steer this somewhere productive....