Racism at Duke University

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Friday February 08, 2013 · 6:27 AM PST

2013/02/08 · 06:27

Duke University's recent past is so sordid that last week's Anti-Asian Frat Party seems like just more evidence of the "white privilege" that dominates its campus. The offending event thrown by Duke's chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity was a theme party intended to mock Asians and Asian-Americans. As reported in the above article,

attendees dressed up in stereotypical Asian costumes ... The event was promoted through flyers and email messages that included stereotyped Asian spellings like "herro" and "peopre" and images of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. It was promoted on Twitter with the hashtag #RacistRager.

The University's Asian Student Alliance led a protest against the party and the fraternity after learning about it. A representative of the Asian American Alliance was quoted as saying,

Something is deeply wrong with Duke.

If the University truly wants to address what's wrong, a good place to start might be with Larry Moneta, its Vice President for Student Affairs. The "top cop" for policing student misconduct has minimized and trivialized this most recent racist event and has refused to take any serious action to punish the fraternity or to send a message to others that racism isn't tolerated at the Duke campus. Mr. Moneta's own words convict him. Read More

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