The Joke Wasn't Funny at FSU Law Students' Party

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Byline: Tonyaa Weathersbee, Times-Union columnist

TALLAHASSEE -- So it seems that some law school students at Florida State University had this party recently. But the theme turned out to be a bit over the top.

Too much over the top for some.

The students called their gathering the "Pimps and Ho's Party." It was held at a local bar near the FSU campus, and some white students showed up dressed as pimps and prostitutes, in Afro wigs, gold chains and other outfits straight out of the 1970s -- an era when black criminality and pathology were elevated to the silver screen.

Not everyone was amused.

During a town meeting at FSU's College of …