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http://www.startribune.com/10242/story/1528428.html
Hamline University has suspended six players from its football team for donning blackface and body paint to dress up as African tribesmen for an off-campus Halloween party, an incident that has sparked a discussion about racial sensitivity at the St. Paul liberal arts college....The university is investigating the incident to find out whether the students violated policy, Hamline spokesman JacQui Getty said Sunday. Two cheerleaders who helped the players with their costumes and reportedly posted photos of them on the Internet social-networking site Facebook with a caption about "spooks" are also under investigation.Sophomore Tasha Simmons, a friend of the students involved, said the matter has been blown out of proportion and taken out of context. "People misunderstood," she said....Simmons said the costumes -- which included black Under Armour-type clothing and tight black pants -- were creative. "It wasn't supposed to be offensive whatsoever," she said.Using "spooks" also was not meant to offend anyone, she said. "If you would have seen them, you would have been spooked out. Most (students) don't correlate that term with the '50s," she said. "These are not the sort of people in any way who would discriminate against anyone."
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The university is investigating the incident to find out whether the students violated policy, Hamline spokesman JacQui Getty said Sunday. Two cheerleaders who helped the players with their costumes and reportedly posted photos of them on the Internet social-networking site Facebook with a caption about "spooks" are also under investigation.
Sophomore Tasha Simmons, a friend of the students involved, said the matter has been blown out of proportion and taken out of context. "People misunderstood," she said.
Simmons said the costumes -- which included black Under Armour-type clothing and tight black pants -- were creative. "It wasn't supposed to be offensive whatsoever," she said.
Using "spooks" also was not meant to offend anyone, she said. "If you would have seen them, you would have been spooked out. Most (students) don't correlate that term with the '50s," she said. "These are not the sort of people in any way who would discriminate against anyone."
― gff, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
JacQui?
― Mark C, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, I feel like killing some racists right now
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 5 November 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hamline University"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
aka the Slavedrivers
― wanko ergo sum, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
"Spooks"? Is that term offensive in some way I'm not aware of? Unless you're CIA or undead, I guess.
― Laurel, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Spook can mean:
* A female gecko * An alternative term (Dutch, from Middle Dutch spooc) for a ghost * A colloquial term for a spy * Spook (band), an Australian trip hop band. * A racial slur for a black person. * A character from The Wardstone Chronicles
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
all five other options would make much better halloween costumes
― max, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i wish that i had gone as an australian trip hop band
america thanks you
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Laurel, Monday, November 5, 2007 3:26 PM (Monday, November 5, 2007 3:26 PM) Bookmark Link
I take it you're not from Memphis.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm so baffled by the fact that you've never heard that one, Laurel!
― HI DERE, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
"mehfss" xpost
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to be a spook
― El Tomboto, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Naw, not from the south at all, actually. Just working on my Tuomas impression.
― Laurel, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
No, never, Dan!
tom you were in the wardstone chronicles>???
― max, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
and thought it was kind of weird that it could be slang for people in my profession and a slur at the same time, because I think I came late to the former definition. It was like getting used to being a dentist and you find out all dentists are sometimes also called chinkees or something
― El Tomboto, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/h/hancoc_herb_spookwhos_101b.jpg
― jaymc, Monday, 5 November 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link