Campus Taco Bar Deemed Offensive
No fun of any kind will be tolerated. Now get rid of those racist tacos.
Christopher White of the College Fix reports.
Campus Hispanic Group Demands Apology for ‘Offensive’ Taco Bar Study Break
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A Mexican-themed “free finals food” study break event put on by student leaders at the University of Missouri has angered some members of the campus Hispanic American Leadership Organization, who have demanded an apology for the allegedly offensive party.
The Missouri Students Association put on an event titled “FIESTA” – featuring a taco bar and Mariachi band – which, the group argued, gave semester-weary students a respite from studying for finals.
“Join (us) … for an end-of-the-year Fiesta on Lowry Mall! Enjoy catering provided by La Siesta (while supplies last) as you take a break from studying for finals!” stated the official description of the event on the campus website.
Unlike Cinco de Mayo celebrations, this one took place May 6, not May 5.
Regardless the date, the match was lit when the student government sent out a tweet saying “Come get free tacos from @lasiestamex on Lowry for… Seis de Mayo? While supplies last (@StuffToDoAtMU).”
Critics of the campus event argued that the two groups that put on the celebration, Missouri Students Association in conjunction with the campus’ Department of Student Activities, knew a Cinco de Mayo celebration would offend people if it were held on May 5, so the organizations changed the date.
“After seeing the tweet, we concluded that this event was in fact a Cinco de Mayo event,” MU students Andrew Abarca, Joel Dalton, and Debrielle De La Haye stated in a letter to the editor of The Maneater.
“It is referenced in the tweets from ‘fiesta’ to the ‘Seis de Mayo’ to having stereotypically Mexican objects present (piñatas, a Mariachi band, tacos, etc.),” they added. “So, we wanted to start a dialogue with MSA and DSA about the problematic and offensive nature of hosting an event about a holiday in which the cultural and historical significance were given no thought.”
The three students who wrote the letter to the editor claimed the event exploited the Mexican culture.
Campus Hispanic Group Demands Apology for ‘Offensive’ Taco Bar Study Break (The College Fix)
Comments
These morons probably think jews attending a Christmas party should be a capital offense.
My first year in law school we had a taco party – it was hosted by La Raza! Would these morons call that “offensive”? Frankly, I was offended by having an openly racist group granted official status at our law school.
Exploited Mexican culture? What about the way many Mexicans exploit American’s borders, exploit America’s health care policy leading to the bankruptcy and closing of many hospitals near the border, and criminally exploit illegal access to the ID’s of many Americans?
On my first day in graduate business school, we were entertained by a German oom-pah trio and served beer and pretzels. My prof invited the group into our classroom to continue playing as we took “what do you know already” test.
“… the problematic and offensive nature of hosting an event about a holiday in which the cultural and historical significance were given no thought.”
Doesn’t that rule out an awful lot of the celebrations we see on Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Memorial Day, etc.? Is it only Mexicans who get special respect for the “cultural and historical significance” of their holidays, even if it’s mostly phony anyway?
Someone of French descent should profess offense at a Cinco de Mayo celebration. After all, those poor French soldiers were themselves oppressed proletariat.