Apparently some costumes are more equal than others.

For example, fallout is still occurring over the Obama-masked rodeo clown, who entertained the crowd but managed to offend the sensibilities of many progressives.  The clown was fired and now the rodeo announcer has resigned.

At Dartmouth College, a fraternity hosted a gang-themed party, which was labeled by the offended incorrectly as ”ghetto party’.  During the event, students dressed as gangsta rap artists, some sporting Afro wigs and carrying toy guns.  The group hosting that party published an explanation and a mea culpa in response to the subsequent outrage:

Alpha Delta hosted a “Bloods and Crips Party” on the night of Friday, July 26th. The idea was never meant to be derogatory to any group, and was intended to introduce a costume theme to the party.

… We want to issue a public apology for our oversight, insensitivity, and thoughtlessness. Alpha Delta will be meeting with OPAL and the GLC later this week to discuss what we can do moving forward to increase education and awareness, and to make sure something like this never happens again. We will also be spearheading policy reform in the fall to add to the GLC’s new member education. AD will be hosting and sponsoring programming in the fall about stereotypes on Dartmouth’s campus as well as in our society as a whole. While our actions that night were indefensible, AD is taking every possible measure to rectify our mistake.This was clearly an instance of seriously bad judgment on our part, but we believe it will serve as an educational experience that will ultimately lead to better judgment in the future. As we grow and learn, we are becoming more self-critical about our actions and how they affect others around us.

The term “ghetto party” was never used, and was coined by administrators after the party took place. This is a patently false term that was attributed after the fact in emails within the administration.

We would also appreciate if you would redact the names of the social chairs, in the screenshot of the email invitation to the party, if you choose to publish it. The house takes responsibility as a whole for the oversight, and we don’t believe that two individuals should be publicly admonished for what was a collective failure in judgment.

Sincerely,

The Brothers of Alpha Delta

One can only imagine the level of scrutiny and pressure the fraternity members have experienced.