Picture of Syrian Students in Keffiyehs Mistaken for "Racial Insensitivity" by NJAP (Not Just a Party at UIUC) Wait aren't they named after a Racist Slur againt Japanese?

Now this is what you call knee-jerk racial/cultural animus at its finest.

The two groups said the party�s theme was not �rooted in racist sentiment.� As the Daily Illini reports, the student wearing the Native American headdress was dressed as a Cancun-based DJ while the two men dressed in keffiyehs were, in fact, both of Syrian descent and wanted to celebrate their heritage.

But their explanation failed to appease some students.

�Although that story might justify on an individual level, it does not justify on a systemic level because when people see it, they don�t know that story. When they see it, they see it as a justification for wearing cultural costumes,� Yousuf says, in reference to the men wearing keffiyehs.

So just wearing a keffiyeh among white folks is not correct behavior to these grievance groups? Even if it is to celebrate their culture? I guess this Yoursef cannot be arsed to get an actual explanation of what is happening in a picture. He sees keffiyehs and white people and says "systemic level" whatever and goes into full grievance mode.

However, I am offended by their name:

A number of student activist groups on campus � including Students for Justice in Palestine, the Black Students for Revolution, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan and the Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support � joined forces to form �Not Just a Party at UIUC� (NJAP) in response to the photo, according to Muhammad Yousuf, a junior at the UIUC and a member of NJAP.

NJAP contains a slur against Japanese people and they should change their name immediately. I cannot tolerate the insensitivity and "systemic level" whatever toward Asians shown by these groups.