This has got to be one of the stupider cases of “cultural insensitivity” I’ve ever seen, and I see them a lot! Apparently some students were offended at the serving of Mexican food at a sci-fi event because they thought it was a commentary about illegal aliens from the aliens in the movies screened. Because “aliens” are the same as “illegal aliens”? Morons.
From Fox News:
The stupidity offends me more than the serving of Mexican food.
More from Fox News Latino:
A California college has apologized for its “insensitivity” after serving Mexican food at an official school night party whose theme, “Intergalactic,” included decorations featuring aliens from outer space.
In a letter addressed to its student body, Stevenson College – which is part of the University of California, Santa Cruz – said it received complaints from students and others within the university who were offended by the decision to serve Mexican food at the Sci-Fi party because of its perceived connection to the immigration debate.
The term “illegal aliens” is sometimes used to describe people who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without documentation, but many Latinos and immigration advocates consider it pejorative.
“We would never want to make a connection between individuals of Latino heritage or undocumented students and ‘aliens,’ and I am so sorry that our College Night appeared to do exactly that,” reads the letter, which was written by Carolyn Golz, a student life administrator.
The staff was sent to cultural sensitivity re-education and indoctrination over the terribly offensive sin of serving Mexican food. Ridiculous.