I always thought that a “Tunnel of Oppression” was nothing more than a brilliant parody concocted by the minds of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. But I guess I was wrong. And just where will you find a “Tunnel of Oppression” out in the world beyond South Park? Why, on a college campus, of course! (Quite many of them, it seems.)

If you’re having trouble imaging what a “Tunnel of Oppression” might look like, here are some videos to get you started. (One question, though: why does it have to be a tunnel, exactly?)

This education in political correctness has been brought to you by today’s Quote of the Day, courtesy of John Derbyshire:

I have this flash mental image of a stranger showing up on an American campus and asking someone for directions to the Dean’s office. “Sure: you keep right going here, turn left at the Museum of Tolerance, past the Office of Diversity Awareness, cross over Peace Plaza, hang another left at the Matthew Shepard memorial, around behind the Tunnel of Oppression, and it’s right there, next to the Global Warming Awareness study hall...”