[ExI] theme parties must go retro, waaaaay retro

[Dylan Distasio]

Pretty soon, you may not have to worry about frats appropriating anything
at all...

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/07/13/harvard-faculty-committee-recommends-greek-other-clubs-be-eliminated

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:23 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> A thought occurred to me as I heard of a U of Michigan frat having to
> cancel its party with the theme “Make Ancient Egypt Great Again.”  Students
> were encouraged to come in costumes, such as Cleopatra, mummies, King Tut,
> do that sideways walk thing, etc.
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> The campus (actual) Egyptians were offended at the cultural
> appropriation.  Party canceled, hapless fraternity bros remained painfully
> sober.  (How shall they cope?)
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> This notion that cultures can never be appropriated can only spread.  This
> leads to an easily-foreseeable future trend such that frat parties will be
> compelled to cut the Greek cultural appropriation (can you imagine?) as
> well as all the others including a frat party classic: the Irish theme,
> featuring… well, I forgot what Irish frat parties do.
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> Further thought: there is a culture (of sorts) for which no one will
> object should it be ridiculed and parodied: cave man.  I hereby take up the
> cause of being distressed and offended should frats or anyone else choose
> to have fun parodying Neanderthal culture.  Who here will stand with me,
> defending the downtrodden prehistoric humans?
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> Hear that Universities?  No cave-person parties, none!
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> spike
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