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Seeing Non-Whites as Toys: White Penn State sorority sisters denigrate Mexicans in party photo

From [HERE] Penn State's Chi Omega sorority chapter is under investigation (?) after a photo with Mexican stereotypes surfaced on a social media site. It shows a group of white sorority members dressed in ponchos and sombreros and wearing fake mustaches. One woman holds a sign that says: "Will mow lawn for weed + beer." Another sign says: "I don't cut grass. I smoke it."

The photograph was taken at a Mexican-themed party around Halloween, according to the independent college blog, Onward State. It was posted last week on Tumblr. Penn State public relations director Lisa Powers said that "the students in the photo are within their First Amendment rights to express themselves in this way, although we are certainly appalled that they would display this level of insensitivity and lack of judgment," Powers said.

'As White Supremacists (racists) many white people treat non-whites as things rather than as people. They value non-whites only as objects, tools, mascots and/or toys rather than as people. They have made racism their religion and made the use and abuse of non-white people the most worthy of all possible activities.' - Neely Fuller