Must not Hang Anything if Blacks are Around

We read:

"Johns Hopkins University has suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity because of a "Halloween in the Hood" party that drew protests by black students.

The invitation to the party, posted on the Web site Facebook, encouraged guests to wear "regional clothing from our locale" with jewelry including "bling bling ice ice, grills" and "hoochie hoops."

The party, held Saturday night at the fraternity house, featured a skeleton pirate hanging on a noose.

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Apparently the reference to black ideas of personal adornment might have passed muster but a hanging skeleton at the same event was taken as a reference to lynching. The authors of the invitation are now in deep doo doo. The fact that pirates were almost all white seems to have passed unnoticed.