Jeff Sandstoe / Roundup
Recently, at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), a satirical “college newspaper” called “The Koala” enraged the school by throwing a party mocking black history month and using derogatory language towards African Americans.
The party was labeled “Compton Cookout,” on its internet invitation and on its TV broadcast, and encouraged everyone to dress in stereotypical “black” attire and act loud and rowdy
The jackasses of “The Koala” showed unbelievable levels of bigotry and racism under the lame facade of a joke.
The campus of UCSD has since been in a state of racial upheaval, protests and rallies have taken place.
We live in a day and age of ever-present political correctness.
This can be annoying. We must watch what we say and be careful as to not offend others, at times this can seem over-the-top and unnecessary.
But maybe it is necessary – since apparently there are some who are lacking common human decency.
I am not black, this doesn’t insult me to the level that I imagine an African American would be. But as an American and as a journalist, I am insulted.
We are supposed to be a country of all nationalities, races and creeds. We are supposed to be a melting pot, which although tainted by a dark past, strives for self-improvement.
As a journalist, we have a responsibility to the public. We have a voice in a medium where most others don’t; we must be fair, unbiased and responsible in our reporting.
These virtues are paramount, we must mirror them. The moronic staff of “The Koala” didn’t and don’t.