University of Michigan Theta Xi’s
decision to host a concert with Detroit
native rapper Big Sean in October
has drawn criticism from a number
of students on campus, as well as the
UM Black Student Union.
Students cited a prior incident of
racial insensitivity from the fraternity
in criticizing their decision to host
Big Sean, one of the most widely
popular Black artists. In 2013, Theta
Xi planned a “Hood Ratchet” themed
party, sparking campus-wide anger.
The party, which planned to include
a “twerking contest” and had various
gang references in the Facebook
description, prompted disciplinary
measures against the fraternity
and led both the fraternity and the
University to issue an apology.
Many on campus argued the
party and the language of the
Facebook page parodied Black culture
and misogynized women.
After the 2013 incident, the
University suspended the fraternity
from the IFC and gave them five
sanctions, including designing an
educational program on issues of race
and attending bystander intervention
workshops. The fraternity eventually
cancelled the event and apologized,
stating the party was not “the
result of a chapter decision, vote or
endorsement” despite being created
with Theta Xi’s name.
The Big Sean event also is
scheduled on the same date as Black
Homecoming, a prominent party
hosted by HEADS and Sister 2 Sister.
In a series of Twitter posts
Monday afternoon, students
criticized the concert and said the
2013 party was what prompted
#BBUM, a Twitter hashtag later that
year aimed at allowing Black students
to share their campus experiences
which went viral.
The UM frat that tried 2 throw
a racist party is now trying 2 have
a concert with a black artist on the
same day as Black
Music, Theatre & Dance junior
Diego Zimmerman, speaker of
the Black Student Union, tweeted,
“Insult the Black community, bring
one of the best performers to concert
at the same time as their annual
homecoming, more like #ThetaSigh.”
Zimmerman did not respond to a
request for additional comment at the
time of this article.
LSA senior Cam Dotson and
vice president of finance of the
Interfraternity Council tweeted
that he thought “theta Xi is moving
forward with building a positive
culture and this event is brought
forward in good faith.” Dotson did
not wish to give a public statement to
The Michigan Daily.
Theta Xi president, Business
junior Andre Clejan ,and executive
member and LSA junior Calvin
Gong did not respond to a request for
additional comment.
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historical Nation of Islam was
founded in the city in 1931,
and Eastern European Muslim
communities,
composed
of
people from countries such as
Albania and Bosnia, have lived
in Detroit communities for
more than 100 years.
Howell also spoke about the
idea of a Halal space, which
is a community that develops
where people live in accordance
with Muslim law, and Muslims
can feel comfortable and safe.
She discussed how these spaces
come to be defined by factors
such as territory, behavior and
group relations.
Howell added that mosques
are one form of a territorial
factor, and that community
relationships
with
city
administration
or
other
government groups lead to the
forming of Halal spaces. She
mentioned Hamtramck, which
is believed to be the first city
in the United States to elect an
Arab-majority city council.
“When Muslims do make
into a space and make it their
own, that space will change,”
she said.
Howell
said
grassroots
organizing has played a major
part in the development of Halal
spaces. She gave the example of
a mosque located in northern
Hamtramck,
and
explained
how its leaders contributed to
the communities to appeal to
Muslims who were considering
leaving the area during the
housing market collapse of
2006 by buying and renovating
houses in the area and renting
them to Muslim families.
“This is in the city of Detroit
where you don’t necessarily get
a lot of government support
in a neighborhood like this
one far from public gaze,” she
said. “This is one example of
grassroots work.”
Howell said one other local
organization called Dream of
Detroit is trying to develop the
street that they are living on
near the neighborhood Waverly
Place. It is near the Muslim
Center of Detroit, the largest
African-American mosque in
the city.
LSA
senior
Courtney
Crawford
said
she
really
enjoyed the lecture because of
her lack of previous knowledge
on the topic, adding that she
thinks
Muslim
communities
often are misrepresented by the
media.
“It is something that you
never hear about because of
all the negative press on these
communities and nothing on
what they are doing,” she said.
LSA
sophomore
Leah
Crockett attended the lecture
as an extra credit opportunity
but felt that she was able to
gain
a
better
perspective
on communities that she is
unfamiliar with.
“I learned about the history
of Detroit in a couple of other
classes, so it was really nice to
hear this aspect of it and how it
applies to Arab-American lives
and cultures,” she said.
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work
overtime
and
neglect
household
and
child-rearing
duties, which obligates women
to stay home.
“We need to change the
game, or the rules of work
environment,”
Fukuda
said.
“Japanese
people
have
long
work hours and that’s because
companies don’t have any laws to
limit the work hours, so people
compete with each other to get
promotions by working a really
long time.”
He also proposed an additional
solution based on his experience
researching
European
labor
and family policies, suggesting
emulating the policy of the
Netherlands,
where
flexible
work
arrangements
boosted
female labor participation rates.
Fukuda pointed out that in
addition to the Dutch labor
model, which allots more time
for parents to be with their
children, salaries between full-
time and part-time employees
who have the same job are also
not as disparate as those in
Japan. Fukuda ended his lecture
by stressing that “equal pay for
equal work” is a major key in
tackling Japan’s labor problems.
“If the Netherlands can do
that, why not Japan?” he said.
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