Earlier this week Jesus College in Cambridge was as well embroiled in a civilized conundrum when it bowed to student pressure to deal with an imperialist bronze cockerel from display. Pembroke College students were expecting to attend a fancy dress party on the basis of Jules Verne’s novel Around World in 80 months. And now here’s the question. Doesn’t any theme contain aspects which will be spun into an offensive costume? With that said, this post got more than 100 likes, reports the Tab. In reality, one student wrote on Pembroke Exchange Facebook group. Notice, this seems overly controlling and a little insulting. Cambridge University student party is halted in a row over government correctness after concerns it had potential for offence. For instance, in an email, Pembroke College JPC said they planned to cancel a party with theme ‘Around World in 80 Days’, to avoid the potential for offense since dressing up could lead to cultured appropriation.
Around World in 80 months probably was a 1873 adventure novel by Jules Verne, a French writer chronicling Phileas exploits Fogg as he attempts to travel globally in less than 2 months. Jason Okundaye, a Theology student at Pembroke College maintains that the decision to cancel party was right one. While applying eyeliner to give slanty appearance oriental eyes as an acceptable ‘costume’ when East Asian diaspora have always been constantly ridiculed for possessing these features, he said, I can’t see how anyone will defend, for sake of example. Known can’t we make joy in spending an evening in another public dress country? Let me tell you something. I don’t feel that dressing up in costumes that celebrate cultivated diversity will be reprimanded. You should make this seriously. Therefore this decision merely serves to perpetuate extreme downward spiral national correctness that we feel universities across world is succumbing to. Another student wrote. Ella Whelan from Spiked Magazine has probably been the research coordinator who helped launch the Free Speech University Rankings, UK’s firstever nationwide analysis of campus censorship.
Did you know that the decision to improve it breaks the college tradition that finalists’ party should have identical theme as the party thrown for them during freshers’ week. Student committee however, decided it possibly lead to civilized appropriation if students dressed in clothes depicting additional races, as Tab reported. Students argued that the party’s theme did not support racism, and was instead a way to embrace cultivated diversity. Basically the decision caused uproar on community media. We use cookies to ensure that we give you better experience on our website. We and our partners in addition use cookies to ensure we show you advertising that has been relevant to you. In addition, this includes cookies from third party public media internet sites if you visit a page which contains embedded content from public media. Such third party cookies may track your own BBC use website. Thence, BBC has updated its cookie policy. In 2013 Pembroke freshers enjoyed first Around the World in 80 months party, organised at the time by college entertainment officer.