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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Open racism (like this disgusting display at
UCSD against African-Americans) results in part from the way academic
segregationist policies </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>like the dismantling of
Affirmative Action and the on-going budget cuts disproportionately target and
exclude low-income students and students of color. This reinforces and
encourages the corporate, </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>white
supremacist culture that pervades elite institutions. </FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times"
face=Times><FONT size=4>By </FONT><A
href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/staff/eleanor-yang-su/"><FONT
style="COLOR: #0011ed" color=#0011ed size=4><U>Eleanor Yang
Su</U></FONT></A><FONT size=4>, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF
WRITER</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 12:02
a.m.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>LA JOLLA ? A weekend party that involved University of
California San Diego students and mocked Black History Month has drawn the
ire of black students and prompted a condemnation sent to all students and
faculty by the chancellor.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>An invitation to the "Compton Cookout" event urged
participants to wear chains, don cheap clothes and speak very loudly,
according to wording circulated by outraged students and verified by
campus administrators.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>As a guide for girls attending the event, the
invitation read, "For those of you who are unfamiliar with ghetto chicks ?
Ghetto chicks usually have gold teeth, start fights and drama, and wear
cheap clothes." ??</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>Several disgusted students and faculty met with campus
administrators last night about the event, which was linked to members of
a fraternity.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>"These are the people I go to school with and knowing
that they're mocking my culture and the history of black people is really
offensive," said UCSD sophomore Elize Diop of Los Angeles. ?I would like
to see the fraternity get reprimanded.'</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times"
color=#990066 size=4 face=Times><STRONG>Campus officials say they likely
won't discipline any students associated with the
event.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG><FONT size=4>"Because it wasn't a UCSD-sanctioned
event, or run by a student organization, it doesn't appear</FONT> that
there was a technical violation,? said Jeff Gattas, UCSD?s executive
director of communications and public affairs. 'At this point, we don't
have a reason to penalize them.?</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>Marye Anne Fox, the campus chancellor, learned about
the event yesterday morning, Gattas said, and e-mailed a statement to
29,000 students and 26,000 staff.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>"We were distressed to learn that over the weekend an
offensively themed student party, mocking the commemoration of Black
History Month, took place off campus," her statement read. "We strongly
condemn this event and the blatant disregard of our campus
values.?</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>She urged students and staff to attend a teach-in on
Feb. 24 "to explore how such incidents continue to occur today and to
discuss the importance of mutual respect and civility on our
campus."</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>Some faculty members said the party is all the more
damaging for the university because of its long struggle in recruiting
black students and professors. Blacks make up less than 2 percent of
undergraduates.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>"I think that the extremely small number of black
students and faculty we have and the invisibility of a curriculum focused
on the black community and its history makes it easier for this kind of
event to take place," said Jorge Mariscal, a literature professor.
"There?s something about the climate here that drives black students
away."</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>The university publicly identified the party planners
only as a group of students.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>But an e-mail obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune
from Gary Ratcliff, assistant vice chancellor for student life, linked the
event to Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>?It was not an official Pike event, but the students
who posted it on Facebook were members of Pike and other frats,? he
wrote.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>Ratcliff did not return calls.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>Members of the fraternity declined to answer questions,
saying that their president would be releasing a statement, although none
was issued by deadline.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>Spencer Washom, a member who graduated in December,
said the fraternity is known for having strong athletics, organizing
philanthropic events and being diverse.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times" size=4
face=Times><STRONG>?I never really found someone who wasn?t courteous or
respectful of other people,? Washom said. ?I couldn?t see someone doing
anything deliberately racist.?</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 16px Times"
face=Times><FONT size=4>Eleanor Yang Su: (619) 293-1840; </FONT><A
href="mailto:eleanor.su@uniontrib.com"><FONT
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