Thursday, February 07, 2013

Duke University Kappa Sigma Fraternity Draws Accusations Of Racism With 'Asia Prime' Party

Duke University Kappa Sigma Fraternity Draws Accusations Of Racism With 'Asia Prime' Party: The Asian Student Association at Duke University is protesting a fraternity party held last week that it says was racist toward Asians, the Duke Chronicle reports.

Students from the group distributed fliers on campus featuring photos taken at Kappa Sigma's Feb. 1 "Asia Prime" party that show students with their faces censored, dressed in traditional Asian garments such as conical sedge hats and sumo wrestler attire. Angry students have labeled the party the "#RacistRager."

"We are protesting the culture of acceptance at these kinds of things," Ting-Ting Zhou, president of the Asian Students Association, told the Chronicle. "The administration does nothing."