These budding young Einsteins don't know that "hump" day refers to Wednesday as in "over the hump" of the workweek toward Friday? The analogy refers to a hill or mountain. It has nothing to do with the Middle East. It's just coincidence that Camels have humps.
Geez. I know they are worse than ignorant about history, but they don't even know popular culture???
They are saying just bringing the camel on campus is racist toward middle easterners.
Speaking of popular culture... have you ever seen the commercial on TV that shows a camel walking through an office and he says, “Mike Mike Mike... do you know what day it is???”
Mike rolls his eyes and the camel says, “it’s huuuuump daaaaay!!”
Perhaps that is what the kids were thinking of in planning this event.