{"id":6080,"date":"2015-10-15T15:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2015-10-15T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:06:36","slug":"trending-topics-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2015\/10\/15\/trending-topics-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Trending Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This week in trending topics: UCLA Greek\u2019s are under fire and the black community is not happy with Raven-Symon\u00e9.<\/p>\n

University of California, Los Angeles Greek\u2019s host \u201cKanye Western\u201d party
\n<\/strong>In bizarre news, UCLA\u2019s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority, both predominately white, have sparked a huge controversy over their \u201cKanye Western\u201d themed party. According to the LA Times, students attending the party donned black face, wore oversized clothes (to mock Kanye West), and stuffed their pants for the enhanced butt effect (to mock Kim Kardashian).<\/p>\n

Pictures of the party quickly went viral which left UCLA\u2019s African American students outraged with claims of racism. The hashtag #BlackBruinsMatter (Bruin = UCLA mascot) trended on twitter and students packed into Chancellor Gene Block\u2019s office demanding a response. Although they didn\u2019t get a response from Block, Vice Chancellor, Jerry Kang, expressed his concerns to the students.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to suggest you are actually focusing on one celebrity who is African American, it\u2019s another thing to take it as a license to perform every attribute, every stereotype, every grotesque minstrelsy that you see,\u201d said Kang.<\/p>\n

UCLA released a statement soon after saying: \u201cWhile we do not yet have all the facts, the alleged behavior is inconsistent with good judgment as well as our principles of community.\u00a0 We remind students that while they are free to celebrate in ways that draw on popular culture, their specific choices can cause harm and pain to fellow members of their community. Put simply: Just because you can do something, does not mean you should.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sigma Phi Epsilon\u2019s and Alpha Phi\u2019s UCLA chapter have temporarily suspended activities during an investigation of the incident.<\/p>\n

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Raven-Symon\u00e9 slams \u201cghetto\u201d names\"\"<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Raven-Symon\u00e9, actress and The View co-host, is in the news yet again for making sideways comments about black people. During a segment on The View called \u201cAre You Judged by Your Name?\u201d Raven, who is black, said that she is \u201cvery discriminatory\u201d and would never hire someone named \u201cWatermelondrea\u201d.<\/p>\n

In return, the black community on Twitter, aka \u201cBlack Twitter\u201d clapped back, calling Raven-Symon\u00e9 a hypocrite, being that her own name is considered to be \u201cunique\u201d.<\/p>\n

Some of the tweets said:<\/p>\n

\u201cDid Raven-Symon\u00e9 forget that her first name is actually two names hyphenated together with an unnecessary accent? She\u2019s a hypocrite.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCondoleezza Rice is lucky Raven-Symon\u00e9 wasn\u2019t working for HR when she was looking for a job. #Watermelondrea\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you, a Black person w\/ an ethnic name, justify proudly endorsing discriminatory hiring practices on a national platform, @ravensymone?\u201d<\/p>\n

Raven was also slammed for giving off the idea that it is okay to treat people differently because of their non-traditional names.<\/p>\n

Shenqua Golding over at Vibe Magazine said:<\/p>\n

\u201cRaven Symone proves the caramel macchiato skin she\u2019s drenched in does not reflect the ideals and isms of black people. To say you\u2019re not hiring someone named \u201cWatermelon-Andrea\u201d means you have bought into the white supremacist belief of professionalism and acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result of the back lash, Raven-Symon\u00e9 released a statement on her Facebook page apologizing for her comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an equal opportunity employer, I have never discriminated against a name, even though I said I would, it\u2019s not true. My comment was in poor taste. My lack of empathy towards name discrimination was uncalled for,\u201d said Raven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week in trending topics: UCLA Greek\u2019s are under fire and the black community is not happy with Raven-Symon\u00e9. University of California, Los Angeles Greek\u2019s host \u201cKanye Western\u201d party In bizarre news, UCLA\u2019s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority, both predominately white, have sparked a huge controversy over their \u201cKanye Western\u201d themed party. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-trending-topics","7":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}