<p>Anybody who went before have an idea??? :D</p>
<p>How did you get invited to this king? i am african american but have only recieved an email that mentioned it a little.</p>
<p>I don’t think official invitations were sent out, per se.</p>
<p>“You can arrive on campus as early as Sunday afternoon, April 17th. This will give you plenty of time to register and join us for the Diversity Dinner, sponsored by the Multi-Cultural Recruitment Program. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. at the African-American Cultural Center at 211 Park St but will run throughout the evening.”</p>
<p>So, there’s no pre-registration.</p>
<p>can you stay at yale that extra night and who should I contact about this since i signed up to come on monday???</p>
<p>Are you seriously posting to ask what food is being served? :D</p>
<p>You can proably stay at Yale the extra night.</p>
<p>Call admissions tomorrow. They will have a much better idea.</p>
<p>Corn bread, rice and beans, and kimchee</p>
<p>That was a joke, btw. I’m not a racist. I swear.</p>
<p>don’t forget fried chicken and watermelon</p>
<p>–Also a joke, just couldn’t resist after seeing ctrain’s post</p>
<p>while we’re at it, tacos and chimichangas
again, joke. i actually am a member of an ethnic minority.</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>I know that you guys aren’t racist…we all just love that racial humor</p>
<p>Why else is Dave Chappelle so popular?</p>
<p>Seriously, what will they serve to us kids??? I’m for real.</p>
<p>people get away with a lot of things when they add “that was a joke” as a suffix.</p>
<p>Yeah but I don’t think anyone said anything offensive enough to have something that they would need to get away with. I don’t think people should be that offended by racist jokes; they are jokes and are not meant to be taken seriously, and someone’s racist views will not be strengthened and supported by a racist joke. You’d have to wonder at how secure you are with yourself if you take a racist joke to heart.</p>
<p>plus they’re funny as hell</p>
<p>“I don’t think people should be that offended by racist jokes; they are jokes and are not meant to be taken seriously, and someone’s racist views will not be strengthened and supported by a racist joke.”</p>
<p>Wow. I’ve never EVER read or heard anything as ridiculous as this. I find racist jokes offensive and I believe most people would too if their race/ethnicity were subject to ridicule. Dude, you need to get some serious help if this is what you believe. </p>
<p>“You’d have to wonder at how secure you are with yourself if you take a racist joke to heart. Plus they’re funny as hell.”</p>
<p>I wonder if you’ve ever come in personal contact with racism or if you’re an ethnic minority because your post is so full of ignorance and bull*****. Please, don’t talk about something you don’t understand cos you’ll just make a bigger fool of youself than you already have.</p>
<p>Lighten up.</p>
<p>I think you took my post a little too seriously. Obviously it matters what context it’s in, and I THINK that when you hear it coming from people who are also minorities and are talking about a diversity dinner, you wouldn’t take it too seriously. They are obviously not racist, and they’re not trying to offend anyone. If you mean it yes it’s bad, but you have to look at the context and the intent as well.</p>
<p>Would I expect it in a speech from the president of uh… Harvard? (haha) Of course not. On the other hand, if my friend who I have known for many years said a racist joke about my own race (yes i’m a minority), I wouldn’t mind. I know he’s joking, I know he’s not racist (meaning he doesn’t discriminate against minorities or hold any assumptions or expectations about them), and I know he doesn’t mean to offend me in any way at all. </p>
<p>I personally think this thread is the same way. It’s a diversity dinner that promotes everything but racism. It’s the freakin irony.</p>
<p>Okok…I was perhaps a little too harsh, but again, I’ve never heard a funny racist joke because all it does is perpetuate stereotypes and such. I don’t mind if it’s between friends, but on a public forum?!</p>
<p>I’ve heard many funny asian jokes and i’m asian. I love racial jokes because when me and my friends say them, they’re lighthearted and fun. I’ve never actually heard someone say a racial koke to another and they both laughed because they were both racist.</p>
<p>In between good friends it’s okay. But with people you don’t know well or on a public forum, I don’t think it’s okay at all.</p>
<p>ok, look, saying people of a certain ethnicity eat a certain food is not offensive. im sorry. when you make implications of entire ethnicities based on intelligence, etc, thats when it gets offensive.</p>
<p>moreover, the above posts were more making fun of the ultra-pc-ness of a diversity dinner in the first place, not really the races involved.</p>
<p>so lets move this thread back to what it was supposed to be about. hyper sensitivity never got anyone anywhere.</p>
<p>I was just wondering… Is the diversity dinner only for minorities or for internationals as well? The thing is that I arrive on Sunday and they sent all ppl arriving on Sunday the invitation e-mail, so I do not know if they would have invited me otherwise. Ok, SHOULD I GO???
ppl from the office, though, when they booked my flight etc. mentioned something to the effect “take the xxx transportnation, since you will be pressed for time to get to the div.dinner”, so they probably assume I would go. I’d love to go, I just do not know if it is for minorities only and I would be a strange person there. Also, what are you wearing for that?</p>