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Latinos target of yet another racist campus party

4:10 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| race · 1 Comment

15 May 2007

Back in February we told you about the growing trend of college parties themed around stereotypes of race or national origin. Even after all the media attention generated by parties at Santa Clara University here in California and another at a university in Texas, it seems that some schools still haven’t warned students of the consequences of such behavior, as it’s happened again, this time at the University of Delaware. According to DelawareOnline.com, the controversy was made public when participants at the “South of the Border”-themed Cinco de Mayo party leaked photos on Facebook.com which

…depicted students, some dressed as gardeners wearing work shirts with “Pedro” and “Jose” name tags, and a racist slur scrawled across the back. In formal apologies posted on La Raza’s Web site, students said they did not believe their costumes would be offensive, nor were they acting maliciously.

NYU Republicans Play Racist Games

1:54 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Education| Immigration| New York City · 9 Comments

21 Feb 2007

Yesterday Jen wrote about an alarming new trend in colleges and universities across the country, racist parties. Not even my home city, traditionally liberal NYC, can escape the trend. The New York University Republicans are hosting a game called “find the illegal immigrant” Thursday. According the the event announcement on the college networking site, Facebook :

There will be one individual with a nametag that reads ‘illegal immigrant’. This person has volunteered to do so and is not actually an illegal immigrant. On Thursday people will be signing up to participate and the first person that signed up and finds the “illegal” will get a prize. At the table there will be information and handouts on the subject matter to inform others on the problems that ILLEGAL immigration causes.

New trend in college parties: mindless racism

5:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · California| Controversia| Education · 15 Comments

20 Feb 2007

Ah, American universities. The cradle of the our culture and where some of tomorrow’s sharpest minds are being honed to lead us into the future. Where our children get drunk and dress up like racist stereotypes:

A “South of the Border” theme party has stirred outrage at a Jesuit university in Silicon Valley after students showed up at the bash dressed as Latino janitors, gardeners, gang members and pregnant teens.

Photographs from the private, off-campus party organized by Santa Clara University students in late January appeared on the Internet soon afterward, prompting an outcry on campus.

One image shows a partygoer with a balloon stuffed under her shirt, making her appear pregnant.

In another, a woman wears pink rubber cleaning gloves and carries a feather duster.

Send Us Your Students

11:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Education · Comments Off

2 Jan 2006

Educators from public and private colleges and universities from across he U.S. and Puerto Rico are meeting to figure out how to attract more foreign students. The meeting to be held at the end of this week and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State will determine strategies to boost sagging international enrollment numbers. Some notable Latino leaders have taken advantage of educational opportunities here in the U.S. including Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Dominican president Leonel Fernandez.

Via / Univision.com

NYU Doesn’t Want to Give the World a Coke

9:34 am By Maegan La Mala · Colombia| New York City| Politics · Comments Off

29 Nov 2005

New York University may be better known for scandals with students selling coke than for drinking it, but the private university located in the heart of Greenwich Village is looking to ban the soda and all its products. The carbonated company has until December 8 to agree to an independent investigation of its Colombian bottling operations. Coke has been battling accusations of abusive and possibly criminal labor practices in Latin America including kidnapping and murder of labor leaders. The ironly of all ironies is that NYU is currently involved in their own labor dispute with grad student teachers.

Via / Gothamist

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