the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity at clemson university was penalized for holding a christmas theme party that flared up racial tensions .
white students dressed in red and blue bandanas , t-shirts with images of the late rapper tupac shakur and sported fake ` thug ' tattoos .
photos from the party flooded social media and were accompanied by comments such as : ` merry cripmas to all , and all a hood night '
the incident caused a backlash as black students protested and said clemson was n't doing enough to promote racial tolerance .