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.

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so your telling me that you don't know anyone who has fallen to peer pressure ?
and just because you haven't doesn't make you better than everyone else. i experienced extreme peer pressure whilst growing up, yet i never surcame to it, but a lot of my friends did. it totally depends on the environment you are in and since blacks are segregated away from you and into these groups the only people they have to learn from are each other.

"You should in fact be thanking these socalled "racists" for telling you like it is." thank them?? they don't give blacks a chance from birth, and think of absurd ways to deal with them.

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Exaggerated and ridiculous