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re: Oregon State cancels Blackout for PC concerns
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:14 am to Zamoro10
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:14 am to Zamoro10
Oh I know it. Learned quite a bit in a college course about Oregon. Main reason there aren't many AA's is they didn't want to be a slave state, when people came over with slaves on the Oregon trail, but they couldn't stay here. They had to leave.
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:19 am to TDawg1313
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students don't realize wearing black could be really culturally insensitive
Jesus H...
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:21 am to RummelTiger
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Harris is referring to an incident back in 2007 which led to protests outside Reser Stadium. During a student campaign called "Blackout Reser," some students wore black face paint and afro wigs. "Even if I wear black makeup and I don't think its harmful or racist, that doesn't mean someone won't take it very seriously," Harris said.
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:34 am to LSUintheNW
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Main reason there aren't many AA's is they didn't want to be a slave state, when people came over with slaves on the Oregon trail, but they couldn't stay here. They had to leave.
Yep. They wanted to exclude them.
Oregon became the only State to have a Black Exclusion provision in its Constitution. It was not repealed by the voters of Oregon until 1926.
This post was edited on 10/4/12 at 12:36 am
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:46 am to Easy
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Easy
Okay, but we're talking about wearing a black shirt.
Wearing a frickING black shirt is NOT culturally insensitive. And if you think that it is, then please move to another country.
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:49 am to TDawg1313
The panel is right. Wouldn't want to offend the 5 black people in Oregon that aren't on the beaver or duck football teams.
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:54 am to TiGeRTeRRoR
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Guess they need to finally go through with it and change their mascot from the Beavers to the Pussies.
Posted on 10/4/12 at 12:58 am to Ross
Whats wrong with wearing the color black?
Posted on 10/4/12 at 1:01 am to Easy
I'm glad at least one person read the full article before freaking out like a fool. I'll post it again to emphasize why the admin canceled the blackout.
it was canceled b/c they know a few students will be morons that will take it too far.
not saying I agree with it BTW but thats the reasoning.
they should have just gone with a no painted bodies rule
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Harris is referring to an incident back in 2007 which led to protests outside Reser Stadium. During a student campaign called "Blackout Reser," some students wore black face paint and afro wigs.
it was canceled b/c they know a few students will be morons that will take it too far.
not saying I agree with it BTW but thats the reasoning.
they should have just gone with a no painted bodies rule
This post was edited on 10/4/12 at 1:20 am
Posted on 10/4/12 at 1:11 am to Ross
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This post was edited on 10/4/12 at 1:12 am
Posted on 10/4/12 at 1:15 am to josh336
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everyone should wear black anyway to that game
I will
It's not the wearing black shirts that is the problem; it was when they did it last time, a couple students wore affro wigs and black body paint. This one student complained about it and it became a big thing.
There is a big difference between somebody wearing blackface and somebody who painted their face black for a game. Last week, Washington had a blackout, and nobody cared that that people used black body paint.
black paint for a game not racist.
Posted on 10/4/12 at 4:51 am to ornagestorm
I don't get it. This is so stupid. Culturally insensitive to wear black, the school's colors? Makes no sense. Who will be deprived?
Posted on 10/4/12 at 5:49 am to TDawg1313
God for-fricking-bid you get somebody's panties in a wad
Posted on 10/4/12 at 7:06 am to SpartyGator
OMG, let's all sue the world because college kids dress up and put Afro wigs on to have a good time at a damn football game.
Let the kids have fun and quit worrying about pissing people off. I bet there are some feminist nazis out there that are offended about their use of beavers as a mascot.
"Lighten up Francis..."
Let the kids have fun and quit worrying about pissing people off. I bet there are some feminist nazis out there that are offended about their use of beavers as a mascot.
"Lighten up Francis..."
Posted on 10/4/12 at 7:06 am to TDawg1313
Do the students from New Jersey object to the orange out?
Posted on 10/4/12 at 7:18 am to Waffle House
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Beavers to the Pussies.
...and the differance is?
Posted on 10/4/12 at 7:44 am to ornagestorm
when i was in high school years back we'd have black outs and teams would call us racist. it truly makes no sense. our school colors were black and gold and over half our team was black including coaches.
i just don't understand it. it's pathetic to worry about crap like this.. and like morgan freeman said.. until we stop talking about race.. it's never going to go away.
i just don't understand it. it's pathetic to worry about crap like this.. and like morgan freeman said.. until we stop talking about race.. it's never going to go away.
Posted on 10/4/12 at 7:59 am to Easy
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Harris is referring to an incident back in 2007 which led to protests outside Reser Stadium. During a student campaign called "Blackout Reser," some students wore black face paint and afro wigs.
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Sounds like a good call to save the university some potential embarrassment.
How fricking moronic would a person have to be to relate these two things?
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