Clemson probes party that mocked blacks

CLEMSON, S.C. - Clemson University and the NAACP said Tuesday they are investigating an off-campus party held during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend that some considered offensive because white students drank malt liquor and at least one partygoer wore black face.
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Pictures from the party were posted online, and Clemson officials learned of the Jan. 14 party this past weekend. The school is probing whether students were harassed or whether there was underage drinking.

Clemson President James Barker wrote in a letter to students and faculty that he was "appalled, angered and disappointed" by the party, which "appeared to mock and disparage African Americans."

"Many people have been offended and deeply hurt," he said.

The party organizers issued an unsigned letter of apology, saying, "We invited all races and types of peoples and never meant any racial harm."

"We want everyone to know how sorry we are, and that we are willing to do anything to make things right," the letter said.

The
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was looking into the party and at least three similar events at other colleges around the country, said state chapter president Lonnie Randolph.

Clemson has roughly 1,100 black students out of more than 17,000 undergraduates, the university's Web site says.

Did you ever think that people who bag blacks and stereotype them could possibly be the cause of the stereotype in the first place?
Think about it? By making them social outcast and judging them before meeting them it makes it hard for a black person to fit in, (especially un-educated ones) what do they do in this situation? They befriend the typical black "gangsta" or "homie", stereotype and thus your helping to spread the very thing you hate, people need to stop being so xenophobic and more accepting of others (whether black, white ... you get my drift) and by accepting them also their cultures.