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Snowflake student union bans cowboy fancy dress outfits as ‘offensive’ just weeks after clapping ban
Kent University's student union have also banned wearing Mexican-style sombreros or 'chav' outfits
By Harvey Solomon-Brady
12 October 2018
A SNOWFLAKE student union has banned cowboy outfits and a host of other
fancy dress costumes because they could be 'offensive'.
Kent Union, which says it speaks for around 20,000 students at the
University of Kent in Canterbury, claims that "dressing up as a particular race, culture or stereotype is offensive".
New rules published by the union go on to say wearing such costumes 'will
not be tolerated'.
Mexican-style sombreros and fancy dress 'chav' outfits are among the other costumes banned by the killjoy student chiefs.
But bizarrely, they don't mind people dressing up as doctors and nurses, cavemen, aliens, Ancient Greeks or Romans.
The bizarre new rules come just weeks after the University of Manchester students union banned clapping at official ceremonies as it may trigger
people with anxiety.
University of Kent Students Union said: "We empower students to be creative, whilst also ensuring all students feel welcome and safe.
"Students groups are free to engage in fancy dress whilst ensuring they
abide by the Fancy Dress Guidelines which include being offensive, discriminatory and prejudice to an individual’s race, gender, disability or sexual orientation or based on stereotypes."
Costumes of celebrities known for their 'sexual misconduct or abuse of
power' have also been banned, including the disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile and
movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
Students have also been warned against dressing up as a gender or sexuality they do not identify with 'if the purpose is to belittle'.
They also prohibit outfits with 'historical or religious themes' including
'the Crusades, Nazi uniform, ISIS bomber, Israeli soldier and The Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)'.
Dressing as a 'chav' is also discouraged, as is choosing an outfit based on
a political group stereotype - such as Harry Enfield's Tory Boy
'Loadsamoney' character.
The union says "Fancy Dress themes should also not be centered around
political group stereotypes or the stereotypes of different levels of
perceived class in the means to diminish their worth or validity.
"This again would promote an unsafe and exclusive campus to which we do not tolerate."
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7475357/kent-union-university-canterbury-bans-cowboy-fancy-dress/
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