Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
« on: March 29, 2008, 09:34:33 AM »Quote
North Dakota students can't get enough of that old-timey racist humorhttp://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=D93B2E265E68D1BAA2AC82DA57B8BC6F?diaryId=3555
by: Tom Elko
Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 11:49:55 AM
[Saddle and Sirloin] North Dakota State University is investigating the NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club and sorority Alpha Gamma Delta after a racially charged performance at the Mr. NDSU Pageant. The performance featured a student in black face depicting presidential candidate Barack Obama receiving a lap dance while two students dressed as cowboys mimicked anal sex in the background. The Saddle and Sirloin Club, a club for students at the Fargo campus interested in animal agriculture, performed the lip-synching number in front of an audience of 500 people.
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Tom Elko :: North Dakota students can't get enough of that old-timey racist humor
The Forum newspaper described attendees' accounts:
QuoteA pageant contestant from Saddle and Sirloin dressed as the woman from the popular Internet video "I Got a Crush on Obama" and performed for another student who was wearing dark makeup and an afro wig.
In the background, two male students dressed as cowboys simulated anal sex while holding an Obama sign that one student ripped at the conclusion of the 30-second performance.
Obama is scheduled to travel to North Dakota to speak at the state Democratic Convention next week.
Meanwhile, at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, the Gamma Phi Beta sorority was put on "temporary social probation" for a party in November in which members and their guests donned red paint and mocked Indian clothing.
UND has frequently been criticized for its "Fighting Sioux" nickname and its American Indian logo. The school's administration has fought to retain the name and often cites support from the Indian community to soften accusations on insensitivity.
Recent events may imperil that support and make defending the school's "Fighting Sioux" logo more difficult.