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Probably some miscommunication...but I know that. Notice I said "A" ZPhiB and not "THE" ZPhiBs catered the event.

Not to argue semantics..but yeah.

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Thank you both for the clarification. As I stated earlier, I was

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reading and re-reading this article

and it threw me off.

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Oh it's definitely not your fault...judging by a lot of posts, the author threw A LOT of people off.

It'd be wrong, too. But, in my experience, I've never heard of a BGLO throwing a satirical "white theme" Redneck Party or Trailer Trash Party! Or do things of this ilk. Not because they're morally superior, I don't think, but because this type of thing has no social traction, which it seemingly does in other contexts.

Well this is, of course, disappointing to read. I have seen pictures of this chapter and know they do have some non-Caucasian members, though I don't recall ever seeing a black girl. Regardless, it does still strike me as ridiculous that no one along the lines of picking "awards" thought - 'maybe not the best idea"...

And the article was VERY confusing!

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The article clearly states that there are no Black members of Chi Omega at Kent State.

The article also states that Candice Poole, the Black student, member of Zeta Phi Beta, is a student manager of dining/banquet services who was at the banquet working and heard the award.

A member of Chi Omega at Kent State who is NOT BLACK received the award as Blackest member award which could be translated to the Most Ghetto Member of the Kent State chapter of Chi Omega.

And it only took me one read to get this. :( :( :o :confused:

^^^ ignorant.

i think "most prejudiced" or "most bigoted" award would be a good one. i wonder who'd get pissy if they won it?

hmmm.....

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I hear ya, but sometimes we read too fast and miss key points and have to go back and re-read. It happens all the time when reading posts on here, e.g., mistaking someone saying a Z Phi B catered the event as Z Phi B the organization catered the event. ;)

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same here. i didnt see anything confusing in the words and understood it the after the first reading.

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Where does it state this?

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i dont think it was clearly stated, but in the third paragraph last line, it said something about candice not seeing any other black members there. so i guess that is where the assumptions came in.

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My fault. I inferred incorrectly from this that there are no Black members of Chi O @ Kent State.

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My sentiments exactly. :)

The contact info right before the link to the article implies Kent State. And since the article was written for the Kent State daily, the author probably felt no need to include the school in the text.
But, I hear ya. We need to be clear up front about the source when we post news articles. ;)

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Thanks for further clarification, although I received some of the same clarification from lilsunshine214 and TristanDSP on the previous page. I had a "Blonde moment" while reading this article, it happens. Especially since my eyes are a bit tired and it's after 7PM.

also, its in the 8th paragraph where it lists those who are to attend the meeting.

It took one read for me as well and I don't see why everyone got so confused.

Rather than repeat what others have already said...

Didn't a GC PNM go XO at Kent State last year? Or was it the year before?

it must be a non-white thing, lol. ;)

LMAO :D

watch out, the "reverse racism" brigade is going to come in here crying.

Yep.

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I know I tend to skim, especially when an article is long - LOL.

Teeheeheeharhar. :p

What was "impressive" about what Wolfman typed?

What he typed was very accurate as it speaks to Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. It is what racial and ethnic minorities (especially blacks) have been saying for decades. It isn't, however, the same thing that YOU articulated in your initial post. ;)

One of the FEW?! :rolleyes: As compared to the plethora of stand-up guys in the white community, right?

Greekchat's such a great place.

The people who thought of the award are still insensitive idiots.

Hopefully there would be some outcry, but there might be less outcry because whites (in general) have a different perception of threat when it comes to being the targets of racial insensitivity. It's best articulated as "your jokes MIGHT hurt my feelings if I give a damn, but you are probably in no real position to withhold anything from me in the larger society...so the REAL joke's on YOU."

Name a stand-up black guy.

Your daddy.

^^^^^

****snicker***

Stand-up Black Men
 

Thomas Sowell
Walter Williams
Emmitt Smith (I'm a Cowboys fan)
John McWhorter

Good call, but I can bet you very few others know him. Also, I only like him on basis of political beliefs so that doesn't make a big case.

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me too...

I wonder how many people know who Walter Williams and John McWhorter are?

Bill Cosby's definitely a good one...he was mentioned earlier. J.C. Watts isn't bad. The head basketball coach at Ft. Worth Dunbar H.S. is good, too...I actually don't know if he's black. The guy who coached football at Yates (Houston) was a helluva coach...couldn't tell you anything else about him, though, other than he passed away several years ago.

LMAO

took me only one read as well.

:rolleyes: @ those of you who are actually LISTING stand-up black men.

To seriously entertain ilikehazing's request is as insulting as his making the request.

Thank you! The screen name alone "ILikeHazing" :rolleyes: let's anyone know he/she is not worth entertaining.

Back to the topic at hand...

This issue is disheartening. We're in the 21st century, yet some folks still do not see or just dont care when things can be seen as stereotypical, racial or just ignorant.

As college aged women you would think the ladies of that Chi Omega chapter would understand how their "award" is wrong, but I guess that's how the cycle continues...call it the never ending "blind eye" :rolleyes:

Yuuuuup.

TERRIBLE! :(