Date: July 11th, 2020 12:13 PM
Author: House-broken Chrome Home
A label attached to a YouTube video about UC Merced students' recent push for a Chicano Studies minor warned students that watching it might cause uncontrollable laughter.
But some UC Merced students aren't laughing.
The video was posted Monday to the Animated Videos About UC Merced Facebook page, and also to the UC Merced Facebook page.
It was later deleted from the UC Merced Facebook page.
The Animated Videos About UC Merced Facebook page, operated by UC Merced sophomore Oliver Darcy, features a few other animated videos, mostly with conservative slants, that poke fun at events on campus, such as Jimmy Carter's upcoming visit.
Darcy is a member of the UC Merced College Republicans.
The video is a satirical depiction of an animated Latino female student talking to a white male student about why a Chicano Studies minor should exist at UC Merced.
At one point in the video, the man asks the woman why she doesn't want to identify as a U.S. citizen.
"Maybe you could go back to Mexico if you don't like it here?" he said.
"No, you have to conform to all of my demands," said the female character. "If I don't get everything I ask for, I stage useless protests to show how Chicano I am."
The female character is making a reference to recent teach-ins held by students and faculty trying to create a Chicano Studies minor at the school.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4582105&forum_id=2#40587248)