Principal Apologizes For SUPER OFFENSIVE “Party Like It’s 1776” Slogan

When I first moved to the US, I would add “1776” to all of my screen names, because I was THAT excited to be an American.

Think CoolMiddleSchoolGirl1776 and [email protected].

These aren’t the actual ones. I can’t remember the actual ones. But this is pretty darned close.

Anyway, it turns out my screen names MIGHT AS WELL have been “ILoveCatsAndTheKKK” because celebrating 1776 – America’s BIRTHDAY – is a super offensive and racist thing to do.

F’real.

According to this: 

A New Jersey high school principal caved in to political correctness and issued an apology for “hurt feelings” over “insensitive” language on prom tickets.

Soooo… what was the “insensitive” language?

The principal of Cherry Hill High School East apologized for wording on the prom tickets encouraging students to “party like it’s 1776” for the event being held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the Cherry Hill Courier Post reported on Friday.

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1776??!?! OMG THIS IS AWFUL. OH NOOOOES.

Here’s the apology:

Please read this letter of apology to the East Community. pic.twitter.com/BnokMF0n9Q

— Dr. Dennis Perry (@drperryateast) May 18, 2018

“Today, I learned that members of our school community were offended by a statement written on our Senior Prom ticket,” Dr. Dennis Perry wrote in the Friday letter. “I especially apologize to our African-American students, whom I have let down by not initially recognizing the inappropriateness of this wording. You can expect that we will do better as a school community to produce well thought out, appropriate communications.”

Give me a break.

Perry explained that the school would be reprinting redesigned tickets to be distributed at the dance and that in the future, “safe guards will be added to ensure that a diverse group of people view all information before it is distributed to the school.”

“I believe that Perry handled the situation well,” Danny Elmore, a vice president for the Cherry Hill African-American Civic Association, said.

“We lose out when we do not know who our neighbor is,” Elmore said. “Talk about it with people before you take an action and we won’t have this happen.”

According to Lloyd Henderson, president of the Camden County NAACP East chapter, the prom tickets were “another example that the culture at Cherry Hill East is one where the African-American students’ needs are not considered along with the rest of the school.”

“However,” he added, “I do take some solace in the fact that Mr. Perry immediately recognized and acknowledged the insensitivity of the comment.’

The latest New Jersey School Report Card indicated black students make up 6.2 percent of the school compared to 62.2 percent for whites, 22.4 percent for Asians and 5.9 percent for Hispanics.

“The intent was a good intent,” Elmore said, noting he did not think there was an intention to be offensive. “However, for some Americans, 1776 itself was not a good time.”

True. And those people are all dead now.

Slavery was abolished in New Jersey in 1846.

While Perry meant to diffuse complaints, his capitulation to hyper-sensitive critics earned him even more backlash on social media.

Never apologize to the left.

— AH (@PizzaGateFun) May 20, 2018

Jesus Christ, enough is enough. Stop enabling these idiots by apologizing for everything. I’m offended that they’re offended!!! We’re all doomed. I hate this generation

— Van Von (@Vipers_84) May 21, 2018

My lord are you SPINELESS, 1776 seriously, now you can’t make reference to they year the Declaration of Independence was sign/celebrated. Please resign, all your teaching is how to be a whining cry baby offended by everything.

— Crackenthrope (@Crackenthorpe15) May 21, 2018

Hmmm 1776, Mr. Educator that is when we became a country right? All the lives lost and sacrifice but you find a need to apologize. Disgusting

— jkavanagh58 😀 (@jkavanagh58) May 21, 2018

You have got to be kidding me!!! What is anyone offended by? We are supposed to be the United States of America. Are we going to wipe out history because we may offend someone? You “educators” have lost control! Stop apologizing. If it weren’t for 1776 where would we be?

— Jim Adams (@bpd659) May 21, 2018

Britain. That’s where.

I guess “Hamilton” should be banned too. Those arguing context have lost all perspective.

— David Weaver (@dreamlaw2010) May 21, 2018

What 4th of July do they think we celebrate every year? July 4, 1776. You shouldn’t have apologized. You as an educator should have explained the choice of that date.

— Chris (@ChrisLonging) May 21, 2018

You apologized for declaring independence from tyranny? Instead of using this to teach. You caved. R U forgetting in 1776 we were all subjects of Britain? No one was truly free. People risked their lives for democracy and you’re apologizing for that?

— bobaloo000 (@bobaloo000) May 21, 2018

Pathetic. You are no leader. Take the time to educate people instead of engaging in pandering.

— Donald E. Wilson (@gopsdragon) May 21, 2018