Student groups often center fundraisers on athletic tournaments, fraternity president and sophomore Rocco Cimino told me, but all the popular sports had already been claimed. (WUSA)Colin Gerker, assistant director of fraternity and sorority life, said the word “boujee” might be criticized for “appropriating culture.” He would not approve the event unless the fraternity changed the name. So, in a way, “boujee” is indeed an appropriation — or rather an appropriation of an appropriation of an appropriation. When the fraternity was accused of “appropriating culture,” the obvious question was: Which culture? But Gerker ceded no ground, reiterating that the fraternity was “appropriating culture,” and added that in the interim he had received “multiple complaints” about the event title.

Source: Washington Post April 20, 2017 19:05 UTC