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Still Not Funny: Chicago College Students Condemned For Blackface

Written by News One on November 6, 2009 9:52 am

Blackface Northwestern University Students

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Apparently, these Northwestern University students didn't get our memo.]

From NBCchicago.com:

Two Northwestern students who attended a Halloween party dressed in blackface have sparked a public outcry from the NU community.

The photos, posted on the students’ Facebook pages, have prompted campus groups to organize a closed forum Tuesday to discuss the incident with students.

“While I fully support the principles of free expression, at the same time I am deeply disappointed to see any example of insensitivity that demeans a segment of our community,” said Northwestern President Morton O. Schapiro in an e-mail to the NU community.

One of the students involved in the incident reportedly dressed as Bob Marley, painting his entire body black and wearing a shirt with the word “Jamaica.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Luxurious_02/ Luxurious_02

    I don’t get that pic. In the report it said Bob marley costime.is it bob marley(who was light skinned by the way which would make it a racist act)?. But there’s also a tennis racket attached to the arm, earrings in the ears and has titys? Is it also a reference to serena?? I’m confused. Also What are they doin in the pic, whatever they’re doin, it looks very gay.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EugeneHolden/ EugeneHolden

    Black face is never funny, but what would be funny is if some one was to come up with a way to make what ever that is on thier faces to be EXTREMLY hard to get off like the scent of skunk funk and would have to walk around with it on for about a month – now that would be FUNNY. Also none of the Barack pics were even close to being funny.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/willylandis/ willylandis

    wow

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ONLY1DIVINE/ ONLY1DIVINE

    Luxurious hit it right on the head. Whoever wrote this article was off by a long shot. Bob Marley…..yeah right..SMDH. Leave those two gay a$$ white boys alone. lol

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