Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 0:29:29 GMT -6
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A “ghetto”-themed party hosted off campus by students over the weekend set off a wave of discussion about race and a lack of diversity at Fairfield University, a mostly white Roman Catholic institution here.
University officials learned about the party from photos and posts that spread widely on social media, claiming that students had worn brown makeup and “perpetuated racial stereotypes that have no place in our community,” according to a statement from the university president, the Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx.
“Everybody’s talking about it,” said Diana Olivo, who was heading to a study group on campus on Monday afternoon.
Ms. Olivo, 19, is a sophomore who commutes from her home in Bridgeport and also works on campus. “I was in the commuter lounge earlier, and they were saying there was a crazy party,” she said.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/nyregion/off-campus-ghetto-party-condemned-by-fairfield-university.html
University officials learned about the party from photos and posts that spread widely on social media, claiming that students had worn brown makeup and “perpetuated racial stereotypes that have no place in our community,” according to a statement from the university president, the Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx.
“Everybody’s talking about it,” said Diana Olivo, who was heading to a study group on campus on Monday afternoon.
Ms. Olivo, 19, is a sophomore who commutes from her home in Bridgeport and also works on campus. “I was in the commuter lounge earlier, and they were saying there was a crazy party,” she said.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/nyregion/off-campus-ghetto-party-condemned-by-fairfield-university.html