MLK = gangsta. Asshats, much?

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I've heard a bit about one of these stories, but it turns out it didn't happen just once. In at least three separate instances, American college students attended "MLK Day" parties in January, purportedly celebrating black history and culture. And for some reason, these parties attracted white students who dressed up like gangsters -- some in blackface, in one instance as Aunt Jemima, while girls stuffed their pants to make their butts look big, etc. They drank 40s and ate fried chicken, as if this is somehow what represents black America to them.

It sounds too ridiculous to believe, doesn't it? Check out the pictures and tell me this isn't offensive:

Tarleton College pics

Clemson University pics

UConn pics

A BIG WTF to this. Seriously, WTF? What were these people thinking? How can you dress up like a caricature of a black person and go to a party ostensibly celebrating a slain civil rights leader? Of course, these are probably the same asshats who use "gay" as a synonym for "stupid", right?

I weep for the future.

ETA: On a related note:

Watch on YouTube

You might have seen some of that before, but everyone should see it, really. Tell me you can watch those little children pick a doll and not cry. (Thanks to sciencegeek for the link.)