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Was wondering if you could help get the word out about this.
This past weekend, on February 1, a fraternity at Duke University (my alma mater) called Kappa Sigma held an Asian-themed party called Asia Prime. The original invite (screen-capped above) includes the phrases ”Herro Nice Duke Peopre” and “Chank You.” Pictures from the event itself are also above. (More information here; student protest page here.)
Even more frustrating, fraternities at Duke has a history of hosting these sorts of offensive, insulting, marginalizing, dehumanizing themed parties, and a history of offering lame non-apologies for doing so.
Is this shit unbelievable, or is it unbelievable?
To all the privileged assholes I went to school with who told me that racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. were no longer a problem, especially on our college campus: What the hell were you talking about? Are you seeing this? Did we even go to the same school?
Here’s to hoping something will change here and on other college campuses too. In the meantime, please spread the word!
I’m a current Duke student and this morning I went with a group of other students to flyer the campus in protest of Kappa Sigma’s racist party. However, we were met with a coordinated effort to take the pictures down. Some of us had cameras confiscated by campus police and were forced by them to delete pictures. Almost within an hour, our nearly 1200 flyers were torn down.
[9:45 AM]
[11:30 AM - reported gone by 11:00 AM]
This absolutely cannot stand. That’s why this protest is so important. Even on our facebook page, people are telling us to be quiet, to shut up, to keep from bringing this issue and our university to ‘national attention.’ They tell us not to make such a big deal about it, that ‘it is understandable that some might be offended.’ By ripping down our flyers, they’re telling us to mute our voices because they’ll just be silenced anyway.
But we won’t. We won’t back down. This deserves attention and it deserves to be talked about. Duke’s history of demeaning and racist frat parties can’t be swept under the rug just so a school’s reputation can sit falsely pretty and pristine.
Some tell us to hush up and keep the peace. But this is my campus too, and I’m not about to clip my own vocal cords to keep you comfortable.
To those on tumblr and twitter: tag your posts about this with #racistrager so we can track ‘em! Let your voices be heard.
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From the Protest Against Racist Kappa Sigma Party Page:
If you’re SICK AND TIRED of ASIANS BEING MARGINALIZED, and INFURIATED that RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND SES MINORITIES continue getting stomped on Duke’s campus, then come to the WEST CAMPUS BUS STOP to participate in a protest against Kappa Sigma’s “Asia Prime” party and ALL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST and SILENCING OF Asians at Duke.***** Be at the West Campus Bus Stop at 1:00 pm sharp for a protest of Kappa Sigma’s repulsive party. *****DO NOT BE SILENT.OUR CAMPUS NEEDS TO KNOW.—————————-2012 party invitation: http://bit.ly/VH6l4m2011 party invitation: http://bit.ly/VR89o9History of frat party themes: http://bit.ly/VRPatoStudent fliers protesting the party: http://bit.ly/VRMHzd—————————-Kappa Sigma’s condescending NON APOLOGY: http://bit.ly/YBaIuW—————————-DSG and The Asian Students Association (ASA) are co-hosting a dialogue TOMORROW in the UCAE for those who want to make their VOICES HEARD: http://www.facebook.com/events/125667780938752/?fref=ts——————————The Chronicle’s coverage of the controversy: http://bit.ly/WN9C00Angry Asian Man coverage: http://bit.ly/XmwzDAGawker coverage: http://gaw.kr/X0pFrbBro Bible coverage: http://bit.ly/12qXIN9——————————Black Student Alliance (BSA) support : http://bit.ly/XLatfENational Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) support: http://bit.ly/XLdL2DCenter for Race Relations (CRR) support: http://bit.ly/14QjJVg
signal boosting for great justice
this is too familiar for me to ignore
too much like the mlk party bullshit
this shit needs to come to an end, now
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
At first I was like, “This isn’t ok.” And then I kept reading and now I’m like, “WTF DUKE THIS IS EVERYTHING WRONG AND YOU SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING YOUR STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY AND REASONS WISELY AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST BLATANT FUCKING RACISM!”
It’s bad enough that this party happened in the first place, but the fact that the school is actively trying to silence the students protesting this shit?? Jesus Christ, Duke.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/2008a80c70e12be382ead3764f6bd716/tumblr_mhru6q3jn21s03x8no1_500.jpg)
Was wondering if you could help get the word out about this.
This past weekend, on February 1, a fraternity at Duke University (my alma mater) called Kappa Sigma held an Asian-themed party called Asia Prime. The original invite (screen-capped above) includes the phrases ”Herro Nice Duke Peopre” and “Chank You.” Pictures from the event itself are also above. (More information here; student protest page here.)
Even more frustrating, fraternities at Duke has a history of hosting these sorts of offensive, insulting, marginalizing, dehumanizing themed parties, and a history of offering lame non-apologies for doing so.
Is this shit unbelievable, or is it unbelievable?
To all the privileged assholes I went to school with who told me that racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. were no longer a problem, especially on our college campus: What the hell were you talking about? Are you seeing this? Did we even go to the same school?
Here’s to hoping something will change here and on other college campuses too. In the meantime, please spread the word!
I’m a current Duke student and this morning I went with a group of other students to flyer the campus in protest of Kappa Sigma’s racist party. However, we were met with a coordinated effort to take the pictures down. Some of us had cameras confiscated by campus police and were forced by them to delete pictures. Almost within an hour, our nearly 1200 flyers were torn down.
[9:45 AM]
[11:30 AM - reported gone by 11:00 AM]
This absolutely cannot stand. That’s why this protest is so important. Even on our facebook page, people are telling us to be quiet, to shut up, to keep from bringing this issue and our university to ‘national attention.’ They tell us not to make such a big deal about it, that ‘it is understandable that some might be offended.’ By ripping down our flyers, they’re telling us to mute our voices because they’ll just be silenced anyway.
But we won’t. We won’t back down. This deserves attention and it deserves to be talked about. Duke’s history of demeaning and racist frat parties can’t be swept under the rug just so a school’s reputation can sit falsely pretty and pristine.
Some tell us to hush up and keep the peace. But this is my campus too, and I’m not about to clip my own vocal cords to keep you comfortable.
To those on tumblr and twitter: tag your posts about this with #racistrager so we can track ‘em! Let your voices be heard.
- - - - - -
From the Protest Against Racist Kappa Sigma Party Page:
If you’re SICK AND TIRED of ASIANS BEING MARGINALIZED, and INFURIATED that RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND SES MINORITIES continue getting stomped on Duke’s campus, then come to the WEST CAMPUS BUS STOP to participate in a protest against Kappa Sigma’s “Asia Prime” party and ALL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST and SILENCING OF Asians at Duke.
***** Be at the West Campus Bus Stop at 1:00 pm sharp for a protest of Kappa Sigma’s repulsive party. *****
DO NOT BE SILENT.
OUR CAMPUS NEEDS TO KNOW.
—————————-
2012 party invitation: http://bit.ly/VH6l4m
2011 party invitation: http://bit.ly/VR89o9
History of frat party themes: http://bit.ly/VRPato
Student fliers protesting the party: http://bit.ly/VRMHzd
—————————-
Kappa Sigma’s condescending NON APOLOGY: http://bit.ly/YBaIuW
—————————-
DSG and The Asian Students Association (ASA) are co-hosting a dialogue TOMORROW in the UCAE for those who want to make their VOICES HEARD:
http://www.facebook.com/events/125667780938752/?fref=ts
——————————
The Chronicle’s coverage of the controversy: http://bit.ly/WN9C00
Angry Asian Man coverage: http://bit.ly/XmwzDA
Gawker coverage: http://gaw.kr/X0pFrb
Bro Bible coverage: http://bit.ly/12qXIN9
——————————
Black Student Alliance (BSA) support : http://bit.ly/XLatfE
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) support: http://bit.ly/XLdL2D
Center for Race Relations (CRR) support: http://bit.ly/14QjJVgsignal boosting for great justice
this is too familiar for me to ignore
too much like the mlk party bullshit
this shit needs to come to an end, now
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
At first I was like, “This isn’t ok.” And then I kept reading and now I’m like, “WTF DUKE THIS IS EVERYTHING WRONG AND YOU SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING YOUR STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY AND REASONS WISELY AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST BLATANT FUCKING RACISM!”
It’s bad enough that this party happened in the first place, but the fact that the school is actively trying to silence the students protesting this shit?? Jesus Christ, Duke.
We live in a society that teaches women how NOT TO BE RAPED, instead of teaching men NOT TO RAPE.
That sign needed to be in Spanish, and should really be in all languages.
Portuguese: Vivemos em uma sociedade que ensina às mulheres como não ser estuprada, em vez de ensinar os homens não estuprar.
French: Nous vivons dans une société qui apprend aux femmes ne pas être violée, au lieu d’enseigner hommes de ne pas violer.
(Source: lxscapuchasnomueren)
The 1,000th Wednesday Protest.
There was a lot of ridiculous behavior displayed by the media at the 1,000th protest that got me super angry, but I’ll write about that in another post.
For now, I just want to write about how inspiring, passionate, and courageous these women are (my favorite Halmoni, Pak Ok-seon Halmoni can be seen in the top photo wearing a blue scarf).
They are in their 80’s and 90’s and they have been demonstrating in front of the Japanese Embassy every fucking week for 20 years. In the rain, in the snow, in the heat, in the wind, without fail. They’ve faced social stigma, being called whores and prostitutes, they’ve been asked by their families to not go public but they go out there EVERY FUCKING WEEK.
And they do it because they want the world to know what happened to them, what’s still happening in wars all across the globe, what’s happening across national borders, what’s happening in school campuses, churches, and pretty much every corner of this goddamn planet.
And that is sexual violence against women.
And when you ask them why they’re out there every week, they’ll tell you that yes, they want their apology from the Japanese government - they want someone to look them in the face and say yes, it happened and I. am. sorry. But they’ll also tell you that they’re out there because they don’t want what happened to them to happen to a single other woman, ever again.
And that, is fucking powerful people.
OWS holds mock trial of Goldman Sachs; 16 occupiers arrested
Police arrested at least 16 people, including journalist Chris Hedges and performance artist Reverend Billy Talen, during a rally Thursday outside the headquarters of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in lower Manhattan.
The rally was held after a mock trial at the nearby Occupy Wall Street encampment, in which Goldman’s alleged misdeeds were weighed in a “people’s hearing.” The event, led by author and activist Cornell West, was broadcast live on a radio station and drew hundreds of protesters and spectators, many of whom then marched down Trinity Place towards Goldman’s skyscraper.
“The banking system has been shot through with greed,” said West, a professor at Princeton University. He marched arm in arm with several protesters, whom he referred to as his “brothers and sisters.” Some protesters held signs that read “Out of Your Ivory Tower” and “Don’t Feed the Bull.”
Reverend Billy, dressed in his signature white suit, called the Occupy movement “real, physical, actual hope,” and he blamed President Barack Obama for “drain[ing] all meaning from the word ‘hope.’” Talen added: “He’s no less corrupt than George Bush. He’s been unable to regulate these people,” referring to financial institutions.
At the entrance to Goldman’s headquarters on West Street, protesters read their verdict aloud: “Guilty of felony fraud, violating security laws, perjury before a Senate commission and the theft of $78 billion in taxpayer money.”
Several people then sat down in front with the building with their arms linked. As police handcuffed each person one at a time, some used nonviolent resistance tactics such curling up on the ground. The final protester to be arrested made her body limp and was carried away by several police officers.
Thoughts on #OccupySF
I stopped by the Lone Mountain campus’ caf to pick up some mini first aid kits, bandaids, gauze, allergy meds, Tylenol, etc. It ended up all costing $65 even though I didn’t get very much. After that, I hopped on the 31 towards Market St.
Once we drove past the protesters, the bus driver honked (which I would later learn was a symbol for supporting the protesters) and I hopped off at the next stop and walked over. Everyone was really chill and nice, and I felt a sense of comradery. It was like a family.
I went over to the poster-making area and began making a poster. I texted Ali asking for ideas, but I soon came up with one that I’d seen on tumblr: “We could feed the world if we stopped bombing it”. I held that sign up all day and quite a few people took pictures of me, and I was interviewed. If you see any photos of a girl with black hair in a ponytail wearing a Batman shirt holding a lime green sign, it’s me.
Admittedly, a lot of people at Occupy San Francisco were decked out in tie-die and had dreadlocks, however, not everyone was. There were lots of people in street clothes and business casual. It wasn’t just “dirty hippies”. It was everyone.
Around 3:30 a pizza company donated about ten pizzas to us. It was delicious. We had quite a bit of food and had to stop accepting food donations at camp. We gave food to anyone who asked as well, even if they weren’t part of the protests, and we offered the police some pizza. They said no.
The police spent their time looking at us. I smiled at them when I made eye contact and they would look away. Occasionally they would talk to us. People on the street would occasionally stop and talk to us, but that was rare. Most people would read my sign and avert their eyes and continue walking. Some would say “Yeah!” or grin at me and pump their fist. Businessmen and women would avert their eyes guiltily.
Around 4 we found out that the police and mayor officially supported the protest and that we would be given two liaisons for easy contact. However, the police continued to act how they were before. Some officers were nice and friendly; others were rude.
I was sad to leave my brothers and sisters there but I was too exhausted, physically and mentally, to stay. However, I felt real solidarity while I was there. It was amazing and heartwarming.
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This is the kind of mostly positive, safe experience that other Occupy sites should be experiencing. Glad to hear it’s going well in SF!
NYPD officer saying “My little night stick’s going to get a good workout tonight.” Very nice look at some of the violent attitudes openly expressed by the police officers in NYC.
No. No no no
TRIGGER WARNING: Threats of police brutality from cops
The smiles on their faces sicken me. I want to wash my eyes out.
(Source: theapplewaseve)
Brief and important update
There was a march between labor unions, students, and other occupiers today. Numbers are said to have reached over 50,000.
After marching from Foley Sq. to Liberty Plaza and stopping, many protesters marched directly onto Wall Street. Police are beginning arrests and have brought out the mace.
More info to come.
Stfu Hypocrites: A Protester's Account of the Occupy Wall Street Brooklyn Bridge March
I figured I should write down what happened today, before I forget or before too many stories get muddled together.
My friend, my partner, and I arrived at Zucotti Park around 3 for the march, which began quickly, after everyone shared various rules. (No violence, write the…
Please reblog this. People need to know what really happened.
The demonstrators are not criminals.
New York Times reports on today's mass arrest
Relevant background info: one of their reporters was arrested for being present at the demonstrations today.
