Smart.
The Queen's University student government, and, btw for those of you who haven't been informed by a Queen's student or graduate, it is the finest university in the world. Or, at least Eastern Ontario. South Eastern Ontario that is. Anyhow, the schmeldricks who are a part of the Queen's University government have decided, and I am quoting today's National Post on this, that those "Sumo suits, the plastic novelties that can transform a skinny sports fan into a comically unstable sphere for the delight of a stadium audience, are racist and dehumanizing instruments of oppression, according to the student government of Queen's University. They 'appropriate an aspect of Japanese culture,' turn a racial identity into a 'costume,' and 'devalue an ancient and respected Japanese sport, which is rich in history and cultural tradition.' They also 'fail to capture the deeply embedded histories of violent and subversive oppression that a group has faced.'"
Gee, I hope they don't find out about St. Patrick's Day at Queen's, a day which, of course appropriates an aspect of Irish culture, turns a racial identity into a costume, and devalues an ancient and respected Irish sport, getting pinned and dancing to fiddle music, which is rich in history and cultural tradition.
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Queen's University, the second best university in Kingston ON, as an RMC grad of my acquaintance puts it.
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