SMU Fraternities Submit to PC Police Over Hip-Hop Themed Party, Apologizes for Insensitivity

DALLAS TX – A group of frat boys at Southern Methodist University found out the hard way that free expression is all but dead. The members of the Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternities planned to join forces next month to host a hip-hop themed charity event, encouraging their party-goers to “bring out your bling, jerseys, and inner thug.” That was until it was deemed racist and shut down due to public pressures.

Like zombies to human flesh, the social justice warriors at centraltrack.com, the Dallas Morning News, and even the university’s white president, R. Gerald Turner, condemned the event as “racially offensive” and “insensitive” in an attempt to deflect the Politically Correct (PC) police.

Although the party was planned to be off-campus, President Turner felt compelled to distance himself and the university from such “racially offensive themes and images” in a statement released to the schools website:

I am deeply concerned about the recent actions of two campus fraternities in planning and promoting an off-campus party with racially offensive themes and images. This party was not sanctioned by SMU, and this incident is under review by the University. Although the offensive party has been cancelled, and the inappropriate Facebook promotions have been removed, the key point is that SMU students should know better than to engage in such irresponsible and insensitive conduct. It is simply unacceptable for any campus group or individual to employ images and language that promote negative stereotypes and are demeaning to the dignity of any member of our campus community. If students choose to create themes based on their ideas of popular culture, they should be aware of the potential impact and always keep in mind respect for others.

The fake outrage even sparked a backlash on social media under the hashtag #BlackAtSMU where some users even claim to be victimized by an event, which never even took place. Seriously, if words, or ideas, or cultural portrayals cause you to feel victimized, the internet is not a safe place for you. You need to surround yourself with individuals who only say nice things about you, and never challenge your ideas or actions.

I often avoid discussing racial issues as they are often divisive and counterproductive to my goal of spreading the ideas of liberty. However, cowering to the PC police, comprised of academia, celebrities, and the media is threat to free expression and free thought. If one can’t host a hip-hop themed party without the threat of being labeled a racist, then how does one expect to have a free and open discussion about race?

Liberty is the idea that you live and let live as long as no one violates your own life, liberty, or property. Therefore, if a group of people want to dress up and portray a culture which is synonymous with parties, stacks of cash and hot women then we must let them. To my knowledge the party was not mandatory and no one was forced to dress a certain way. To my knowledge, no ones rights were scheduled to be violated by this group of frat boys and their girlfriends by wearing bling, or long tees, or jerseys. To my knowledge, the black community does not have a monopoly on hip hop culture and to assume you would be victimized by another human being for simply sporting hip hop apparel is absurd.

But I am just a white, “privileged” male, so I can’t have an opinion on such matters. So, instead of having a rational discussion, I will likely be labeled a racist, by none other than racists themselves.

Watch WFAA’s video below, which calls the party “racist themed”