还以为是Joke，结果是真的。
给左B跪了。以后不能在公共场合讨论外星人了。
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.
Golz said the incident “demonstrated a cultural insensitivity on the part
of the program planners,” but called it an “unintentional mistake.”
Now, as a result of this “poor decision,” the university is requiring
cultural competence training for all students interested in putting together
on-campus programs as well as other safe guards that “will ensure college
programs are culturally sensitive and inclusive.”
College Night is a special monthly event designed to bring students together
, according to the college’s website, which includes photos from former
themed parties, including “Midnight in Paris,” at which French food was
served, and “Harry Potter,” which featured turkey, potatoes and stew.
“For [the sci-fi] event, students landed on Mexican food because they weren
't sure what food would work with the intergalactic theme,” a college
spokesman told Fox News. “It sounds like an honest mistake - choosing a
food for college night without thinking about how it could be perceived by
others. The students decided on Mexican food as they hadn't had it yet this
year. “
Some believe Stevenson College is overreacting with its decision to not only
apologize, but to now require cultural competence training of program staff.
“This seems a bit of a stretch,” said Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News
Channel’s Fox & Friends on Friday morning. “This seems like political
correctness gone way too far, and now they are going to get much more
inferior food at their next gala for fear of offending.”
Story includes reporting by Brian Tully.
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