I have visited San Diego and I thought it was one of the most beautiful places in the world. I was shocked (shocked I tell you!) to learn about South East San Diego (in a Nick Cannon documentary of all places), one of the worst ghettos in the world. In sunny San Diego? Couldn't be! And, yet, there it is.
~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Leslee Freeman" <msles59...@...> wrote: > > Typical of San Diego. I am not at all surprised. > > ---------- > Sent from AT&T's Wireless network using Mobile Email > > ------Original Message------ > From: Kelwyn <ravena...@...> > To: <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:14:39 PM GMT-0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Compton Cookout > > http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Compton-Cookout-Creates-Campus-Uproar-84648212.html > > A racist-themed party organized by UCSD students over the weekend has created > an uproar that's gone beyond the university's small African-American > community. > > Invitations to the event, sent out through the social networking site, > Facebook, encouraged female attendees to dress as "ghetto chicks," > characterized by gold teeth, cheap clothes, "nappy" hair and a "very limited > vocabulary" Male party-goers were required to wear urban clothing and other > accessories stereotypically attributed to Black urban culture. Watermelon > and fried chicken were served as refreshments. Most egregious is that the > students used this event to mock Black History Month. >
