So says
Legal Insurrection, accurately.
‘Hawaiian
Day’ party deemed offensive, leis banned as ‘culturally insensitive’
The Student Bar Association of
the University of South Dakota School of Law was told by administrators their
“Hawaiian Day”-themed party was offensive. In response, the student organization
changed the theme to “Beach Day,” the Argus Leader reported.
The association sent out a
Facebook message apologizing for the event, but added they were still going to
hand out flower leis — until they were advised that was also culturally “inappropriate.”
So they nixed those, too.
The administration’s
heavy-handed approach to this party — which aimed to bring a little sunshine to
a state dealing with frigid temps — came less than three months after the Board
of Regents approved a new policy designed to protect free speech.
The Argus Leader reported:
In the same message announcing
the change from Hawaiian Day to Beach Day, members were told that the dress
code was the same – floral shirts – and that leis, the traditional flower
garlands that are often given to tourists in Hawaii, would also be handed out.
But in a second message that went out to members on Wednesday, bar members were
told that leis had been nixed from the event.
“It was determined that these
are culturally insensitive by the administration after doing research based off
of the essay written by the initial complainant,” the message continued,
according to the Leader."
Notice the "culturally insensitive" decision was made after bar members read an essay
"written by the initial complainant." One complaint?
"written by the initial complainant." One complaint?
To be accurate, "Hawaiian Day" should have had women in nothing but grass skirts, men in warrior dress, and all carrying weapons based on those wielded by their ancestors when killing Captain Cook.
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