Georgetown students say campus satire is racist
December 16, 2009
By BRETT ZONGKER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Georgetown University students are slamming a humor magazine for an online satirical piece they say is racist and not funny.
The story in The Georgetown Heckler describes the official campus paper, The Hoya, holding a fictional cross-burning on campus and refers to "dark, human-shaped pinatas." A photograph with the story shows what appear to be Ku Klux Klan members in front of a burning cross.
The Heckler was poking fun at troubles The Hoya ran into earlier this year when it published an April Fool's issue that students criticized as racist and sexist.
Jheanelle Brown, president of the campus NAACP chapter, said a coalition of groups asked for an apology from The Heckler and a retraction after seeing the article.
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