[1505] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
ghettopoly
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly)
Thu Oct 9 17:29:23 2003
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:43:47 -0400
From: Jason Kelly <jasonk@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20031009125011.00ba7850@hesiod>
Apparently urban outfitters wouldn't have been offended by the party
invitation.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/10/09/ghettopoly.ap/index.html
Also it looks like the game's creator agrees with some folks on this
list, of course he is trying to sell these things:
"It draws on stereotypes not as a means to degrade, but as a medium to
bring together in laughter," Chang maintains, adding, "If we can't laugh
at ourselves ... we'll continue to live in blame and bitterness."
jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk about MIT, for MIT, by MIT. [mailto:MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU] On
Behalf Of Mike Barrett
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:56 AM
To: MIT-Talk@mit.edu
Subject: Re: Fwd: party in the hiz-ouse
Many of you have also received the mail form the UA president and vice
president. They erroneously claim that the original email was sent out
to
several public lists. Both of these lists are in fact private. They
also
misquoted the email and generally sensationalized the event, before all
facts have been compiled about what really happened.
Mike
At 12:02 PM 10/9/2003, Brian T. Sniffen wrote:
>Mike Barrett <radmike@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > What follows is the first email sent out about the party.
>
>An important line of this message has been omitted: the "To" header.
>This mail went to tetazoo and ec-discuss, the mailing lists for the
>hall on which the party was held and the non-serious, spam-filled,
>East Campus flame list. The list ec-discuss was established to
>provide a place to put all the mail most people don't want, to avoid
>flooding the real, useful dorm lists.
>
>I think that's an important distinction: this was not an intrusion on
>anybody's environment. It went only to those who had signed up for
>such mail. So even if it *was* racist, it wasn't harassment -- and as
>others have mentioned, this seems much more like a satire of racism
>than the real beast.
>
>-Brian
>
> >>Callin all you playas, pimps, hos, gangstas, and bitches... there
be a
> party
> >>goin down in da Tetazoo walcott ghetto this thursday 10/2. So come
on
> over at
> >>10pm to da EAST SIDE fo' food, drink, and a genuine trash-can-fire
> heated tent
> >>city in our hood. And heed our manifesto:
> >>
> >>"""
> >>
> >> 1. Litter frequently. Walcott is not a place for pussies or for
> >> clean people.
> >>Ghettos are not clean. Walcott as is is way too clean. If you find
empty
> >> bottles (ideally 40s), hubcaps, or oil barrels, toss them into the
> >> hallway. If
> >>you are unsure about where to litter, litter in mikey p's room.
> >>
> >>2. Graffitti is encouraged. Think your roommates (or mikeyp's)
wall
> looks to
> >>clean? Fix the problem.
> >>
> >>3. Loud music is key. Rap will be played at an acceptable (read,
really
> >> fucking loud) volume. If your neighbors ask you to turn it down,
> >> threaten them
> >>with physical violence.
> >>
> >> 4. Ass slapping is essential. If someone slaps your ass,
> >> reciprocate. Do not
> >> take ass slapping as a sign of sexual harassment or hazing - it is
> >> important to
> >>your well being on walcott.
> >>
> >> 5. Steal stuff from other areas of the hall. Do you need an extra
> >> computer and
> >>the ones on reuse won't cut it? I hear mattxmal has a good
> computer. He wont
> >> miss it - and if he does, we will fuck him up real bad when he
tries
> >> to take it
> >>back. If you steal something from somebody and they accuse you of
> doing so,
> >>threaten them with physical violence. Actually, just threaten
everyone
> with
> >>physical violence.
> >>
> >>6. Fried Chicken, 40's, Cheap Lawn chairs. Hells yeah.
> >>
> >>peace out,
> >>walcott niggas fo life
> >
>
>--
>Brian T. Sniffen
bts@alum.mit.edu
> http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/
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