Dr. King says, "Drink Malt Liquor"
Last year, students at Tarleton State University celebrated Martin Luther King's birthday with "an off-campus party in which students dressed in hip-hop attire and sported 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor. Photos from the ``Bullets & Bubbly'' party were posted on Facebook.com."These kids are not alone:
In October, a group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin were chided by the dean for participating in a “Ghetto Fabulous”-themed costume party and posting pictures online. Partygoers carried 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor and wore Afro wigs, necklaces with large medallions and name tags bearing historically black and Hispanic names.But don't be afraid, the government is ready to crack down on these horrific parties that occur on private property and without public funding or support and involve no one getting hurt.
“If you look up the definitions for stereotype, bigot and prejudice, you will see they all mean the same thing. All those words are based on prejudging another class of people, which is exactly what Dr. King was fighting against,” [State Rep. Garnet F. Coleman, D-Houston] said in a statement. “What these students did and the day they did it on shows they were trying to be purposefully ignorant and prejudiced.”Actually, Mr. State Representative, "stereotype", "bigot" and "prejudice" mean different things.
Some photos were archived at The Smoking Gun.
I'm gonna get rich when I invent malt liquor flavored fried chicken.
Labels: alcohol, college, facebook, mlk, politics, racism, Tarleton State University
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