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Non AKAs and para
I wanted to know have any of my Sorors ever come in contact with any persons wearing para that was not an AKA? I am not talking about perps but people who are in possession of AKA nailia by some means or other. Well, today I had my first experience and I must say I am sick to my stomach. I was parking my car and saw an older white lady walking in the parking lot and I was like, cool. So, I quickly parked my car and caught up with the lady and asked her was she an AKA. She gave me this strange look and my heart dropped. I pointed to the letters across her chest and she looked down at them and said, "oh, no I'm not an AKA. This belonged to my son's girlfriend and she left it when she moved." I was stunned as she walked away. After coming half way out of shock, I yelled to her that she could at least take the letters AKA off her chest since she was not one.
Please Sorors don't leave your para; don't donate your para; cut it, burn it, or bury it if you don't want it anymore. I don't even let anyone hold my umbrella in the rain.LOL I GOT THAT! |
Soror I have not had this happen to me as far as AKA is concerned, but I did see a man once walking down the street in a Zeta Phi Beta tee shirt http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif! Now we all know he was not a Zeta. I told my aunt who is a Zeta about it and she was livid.
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One of my students grabbed AT mine, I turned around and gave him THAT LOOK, and that was all she wrote! lol Even my boyfriend knows, that is off limits...I know chivalry is NOT DEAD, but if the big P&G is up, then, I GOT THAT! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
Ok sorors I have a little story. A couple a years ago a soror in my chapter decided that she had no need for some of her nalia that instead of giving it to some sorors, she threw them away. Why disregarded those items are beyond me, but she felt that they were old. Anyway a week later, we saw a foreign exchange student sporting her nalia. Well of course that didn't sit well with us. So one of my sorors chased the girl down and confiscated the nalia. Luckily she explained to the girl the reasons why she took the bag from her. Also just last week at work I spotted a girl wearing an Iota Phi Theta sweatshirt. I don't know if it was her boyfriends but she should have been ashamed of herself.
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Hi Sorors,
I've been missing you guys. Check this out! My line sisters and I were celebrating our bithday. Someone suggested that we go to this club that people had been talking about in another city. Anyway, we went, and I could not believe my eyes. Picture this! A step show was taking place. One group had on pink and green tee-shirts with AKA across the front, another had red and white with DST across the front, another with blue and white with Zeta Phi Beta across the front. They were stepping, skee weeing, ooooping, kitty catting or what whatever they say. I just couldn't believe it. They were even throwing the pinky. Yes, the pinky. I was livid. I stood up and said no way. My ls's and to sit me down. Sorors, sorors, sorors these were not women. Shhhhh They were men. The men who were supposed to have representing us said "1908 not 13 we were the first in history. I almost passed out. I was so mad we had to leave. Some of my line sisters thought that it was funny, but I did not. That was a few years ago. Now, when I look back on it all I can say is umph, umph, umph, ------------------ You are the master of your own destiny! |
I don't know if I have ever posted this story here, if so I apologize in advance for the repetition. But, my sister is an elementary school teacher at a school where the principal is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,Inc. Anyway, one day this little boy, the school "bad *ss", came to class wearing, you guessed it, an Alpha Kappa Alpha shirt http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif ! My sister called up the principal and informed her that she was sending the little boy to the office. Needless to say the little guy returned to class wearing a different shirt.
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I don't like it when I'm looking at a greek catalog and I see someone modeling nalia for more than one organization. You can't always if the average joe on the street wearing nalia is or isn't greek. You can tell though if someone is not greek if on one page they have Kappa gear and the next Alpha gear. How hard is it to find people of those orgs. to model their nalia?
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Not hard at all, but they are probably woring about the $$$ and not respecting people's organizations. Besides, the were praobably asking themselves why pay 9 people to model when you can just pay 2...one man and one woman. Kinda reminds me of when I was watching an old episode of "A Different World" and there was young woman wearing a Delta Sigma Theta sweatshirt in the background. My friend who was watching with me (DST SPR96) asked, "You think she's really my soror??" It's sad that she even had to ask. |
Then also, you would have to wonder if these people are actually AUTHORIZED VENDORS... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif
I ONLY tend to patronize those folks who are AUTHORIZED to sell OUR 'NALIA! Now, that Diff'rent World thing...I don't know. I WOULD HOPE THAT THOSE "EXTRAS" WERE MEMBERS OF THE RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATION. Remember that step show on NEW YORK UNDERCOVER? Were those REALLY Sorors and Kappas, etc? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif |
I saw this topic and just had to ask:
Does anyone know why I'm suddenly seeing Guatemalan guys (probably recent immigrants) all around Georgia wearing new and crisp AKA shirts in pink and green? [This message has been edited by carnation (edited January 07, 2001).] |
you know for a FACT that they are CRISP AND NEW?
who knows why or how these immigrants (if they are) got those shirts... maybe a para truck turned over on the interstate along side the highway and they went for it! LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif BTW, why would ANY MAN wear PINK? LOL I have seen a couple, but that's ANOTHER THREAD! LOL [This message has been edited by AKA2D '91 (edited January 07, 2001).] |
Sorors, this happened to my chapter while I was a junior in '92 -- a young lady wore an AKA shirt. She took it from her sister. Now, we knew the girl wasn't a soror b/c we were at a small Historically Black college! One of my line sisters challenged her and she just looked.
Anyway, after being harrassed, she left. After talking to our graduate advisor about the situation (who told us she would have snatched the shirt off the girl), she informed us that most greek organizations have only a patent on their shield -- and not the letters themselves. So what do you think...personally, I still don't think that's right for them to wear our letters! Soror Happy Days 1991 Beta Upsilon |
hey ladeez...
many times the reason these people get these clothes is because they buy them from the salvation army or they receive them from individuals, who don't pay attention... i remember volunteering to pick up unwanted clothes and spying letters of various organizations in the bags. respectively, i take them out and give them to their rightfully owners. i do remember one time i saw this homeless man wearing a very omega t-shirt. one of the bruhs on my campus went and gave him us own shirt of his back and took the one he was wearing. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif ps.... what do you think of the shirts that say: my mom/sister/aunt/cousin is a DELTA/AKA/SGRho/ZETA? MaMaBuddha imagine a subway filled with fallen angelz.... |
I gave my eldest niece a "My Aunt is an AKA" t-shir and gave my mom a "My Daughter is an AKA" t-shirt I bought at a regional. My mom wore hers around the house, but my niece loved hers. Unfortunately, she grew out of it and passed it on to her younger sister.
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Lemme ask yall something: I see Black Greek 'nalia being sold in thrift stores in my town in the "redneck" neighborhoods. What would you do if you saw a 6ft 6 mean lookin' "redneck" type woman wearing AKA letters. Yall know the type I'm talkin' about. The ones who would rather fight than cook and if you say the wrong thing to them, they would knock you out. (I grew up in one of those neighborhoods and I saw them all the time). What would yall do then?
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Sorors, I've never come across anyone in our letters, but we did see a homeless man once, with a DST shirt on, and it belonged to a Neo, we peeped the date on the sleeve!! This was a couple of years ago, but we were all tripping because by the date on the shirt, the girl had JUST crossed. How he got his hands on that shirt still remains a mystery. I told my roommate at the time, who's a Delta, and she just shook her head.
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Parents/children/nieces/spouses wearing "my....is a...." gear: I feel like this: if you don't belong to the group, don't sport the para! I saw a man wearing a "my wife is an AKA" hat at another chapter's function, and I was like "why is he holding his wife's org. so hard?" Get your own!!!!
As for little kids, I think that it's fine for them to learn about the orgs. and have respect for them, aspire to join them even, but gear is too much for me, especially on some of the these quick-to-develop young girls and boys. What to do when coming across a non-member wearing para: I don't believe any self-respecting soror or Greek should ever be in the business of "snatching" para off of people. What does that prove? Or solve? That Greeks are good gang-banging candidates? |
i think its cute to see a little girl in a my mommy's an AKA shirt, i sent my baby niece a HU Bison shirt, she looked so adorable, i would cry tears of joy if oneday she actually went to HU. i guess its a preference thing. i don't see the harm in that, but a my boyfriend is an alpha shirt or something like that is just plain ridiculous to me when you could be sporting your own greek wear. i do let my boyfriend carry my umbrella when it rains because he's walking me to my car or a restaurante, he's a gentleman and that umbrella is heavy http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif but that's the extent of it. everybody knows i'm the pretty girl in pink and green with my man treating me like the queen that i am.
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My mother and I took those adult shirts to the next level, though. We both had identical shirts made at Boule saying "my mother is a ZPB" and "my daughter is a ZPB". We wore them on the same day a few months back and it was SO CUTE! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif ------------------ Finer Womanhood: the "Cat's Meow" Since 1920 |
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LOL @ Discogoddess...is that a nice way of saying "fast-behind, grown ass kids?" |
The only 'nalia I have seen for kids is for those newborns to toddlers, THAT IS CUTE!
http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif I have not seen anything for those older than that... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif The earliest 'nalia or close to 'nalia, I guess I received was a shirt that my mother's chapter had for the kids (boys AND girls). I was 7 or 8. If I remember correctly, AKA was on the BACK and our colors were GREEN and WHITE! Our groups name was on the front. Folks always thought AKA meant...ALSO KNOWN AS... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif We had our own group ...we all got together once a month to do things together....bowl, skate, etc. We were ONLY allowed to wear our shirts on those occasions! Even our father's had their own "group", but they did not have shirts... |
I am a television reporter who used to work for a station in Houston. One day I look up on on the 5 o'clock news and there one of the white reporters is SPORTING MY AKA UMBRELLA. She had gotten it from under my desk on her way out the door. I was livid! When she returned I confronted her about it and she just said well, it was raining, what's the big deal. She was a Tri Delta. They were each others stuff, so she didn't see the big deal. (She sees now though)
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Hay Ladies and Gents:
Yeah, the cute shirts that say my mom is a/an...are cute if the kids are small. But if they are like 20, that's not okay. Similarly, I am not down with the my wife/boyfiriend/husband is a/an...that's tacky. Pledge or shut up about it. I think some peope just don't know. I saw a woman who was going to buy her son a Phi Beta Sigma shirt at a stepshow because he liked the way they stepped. He was like 15 years and big. I politely told her she may want to re-think her purchase becasue he may easily be mistaken for a frat member and if challenged/pressed/questioned, and he is like what?, the repercussions may not be good. She listened and opted to buy him nothing. Similarly there was a girl at the SAME stepshow who was wearing 'nalia. We were neos (crossed that morning)and my Sands went up to her (you know how you go up to EVERY Soror when you first cross, I mean EVERY one out of like hundreds) and she walked up to a girl and was like "Hey Soror" the girl was like "Hey." She asked what chapter she was from and she said ours. My Sands was like, hmmm. When did you cross, she said 1990 (you know when people can't phrase it right it is suspect). There was no 1990 line. We quielty and politely asked her for the 'nalia she had while explaining why (something to the effect of others may not be as nice as we were being). I wouldnt' say "stripped her down" but she had bought like, keychains, t-shirts, lavaliers, sholaces, pictures, hats, socks, I mean she was planning to be out! Her stuff looked cute on me too http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif [This message has been edited by DELTABRAT (edited January 10, 2001).] |
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GIRL, YOU ALL WERE RUTHLESS! LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
Are there any members of Zeta Phi Beta or Phi Beta Sigma reading this post, please respond to this question:
I know that your respective organizations are truly brothers and sisters, but do you also swap letters? I remember my senior year in college, the Zeta's and Sigma's wore t-shirts with the other organization's letters for the day. Does that happen anywhere else? |
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I remember seeing a picture from my initating chapter which read APHIAKA on the T-shirt. I guess it was from some kind of activity or event... I think it was Springfest or somthing... WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE....we never did that while we were undergrads.... ....maybe it's a "NEW SCHOOL" thing... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif they seem to be doing EVERYTHING these days... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif |
If you see her again, please do my bruhs and myself (ALONG WITH ALL GREEKS) a favor and ask her to kindly remove that para and why she should. That is VERY VERY disrespectful! And that goes for anyone that just wears it cause its "cute" or "looks good"! MUCH LUV TO ALL GREEKS!!!!!
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Question: How do you feel about non-AKAs who wear T-shirts given out by the sorority saying things like: "Alpha Kappa Alpha Young Scholar"?
Lemme explain: Back in 1986 I was selected among several middle school students to attend an Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarship Tea hosted by the Alpha Sigma Omega chapter of AKA. I received, among other things, a mayor's citation, and a T-shirt that said something along the lines of "Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholar"; it was white with green lettering. Needless to say, I lost the shirt a long time ago, plus I only wore it maybe twice to begin with--the fact it was a women's organization must not have sat too well with me. OTOH, I saw a woman in college (about 6 years ago) who was a non-AKA wearing one of those AKA scholar shirts. She said a lot of AKAs forced her to give up the shirt, but she refused, saying that AKA alumnae gave her the shirt to begin with. What about situations like that? Rain Man |
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I ask this not to challenge policy, but to keep everybody safe, and not to jeopardize life or limb. I would recommend if you encounter a frat/soror off the street and you are reasonably sure the person isn't perping and he/she isn't Greek, the best thing to do is the let them go and leave them alone. Please don't let foolish pride get you hurt or killed. As Scriptures say, "Pride goeth before a fall." Be safe, and be blessed. Rain Man |
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I was an AKA debutante back in '93 and among our gifts was a tee shirt with all of our names and the sponsoring chapter's name on the back, and the organization's name and our coming out theme on the front. I would wear it every now and then and I never got any complaints from members. However, when I got to college, I would wear it around in the dormitory on occassion but stopped because it apparently didn't set too well with some members. I personally didn't see the big deal because it wasn't saying that I was a member. The shirt CLEARLY said "debutante." Anyway, to keep the peace, I stopped wearing it at all at school. I kept my shirt though http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif.
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Rain Man,
Anytime I approach someone with the letters AKA on their chest it is to meet and greet another Soror--never to challenge them. However, I was shocked to find out she had no clue as to what she was wearing across her chest. I would never ever degrade myself in attempting to take anything from another human being. [This message has been edited by SWEETAKA (edited January 15, 2001).] |
If people don't understand about our organizations they may not see the value in not having others wear para.
If someone understands about the orgs. but is perpin' I say that they are taking their safety into their hands. I personally don't want to got to jail. I will try to talk them out of wearing it(if I can). But I am not fighting. I love AKA but I don't like the idea of jail. I hope it is ok to wear a tee with an orgs name on it if you participated in something. For example the eastern region of APhiA had a leadership camp. They asked some AKA's to be counselors for the girls and they worked with the guys. I was a counselor. At the end of the camp we all got shirts that said Alpha Phi Alpha leadership institute (white shirts w/black & gold) I wear it on occasions but not often. I hope someone would understand that I participated in the program not that I was a groupie or ignorant of the org. |
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Ok, I just had to share this story. I worked with a girl that asked me one day f she could use my Delta umbrella, because it was raining. i politely told her no. She got mad and said are you serious I said yes. I tried to explain to her that the umbrella had my letters on it and she wasn't a Delta. She was a member of a white GLO, and said she couldn't understand why I took Delta so seriously and caught major attitude. She actually tried to take the umbrella, like I wasn't serious. obviously I had to get her little A** straight, and lets just say she never asked again. The one other black girl at my job was dying laughing.
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I remember a young man that I met at an academic conference who purchased and wore A Phi A paraphrenalia. I asked him a question about his activities with his chapter...('cause the brother didn't strike me as a distinguished gentleman of Alpha Phi Alpha). Yes, I have my tactics for finding out things about folk...the tactics are simple. Look for my upcoming publication: "How you too can be Nosy without other people knowing it". http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif At any rate, he took no alarm at my questioning (I couldn't do anything..I'm not in a BGLO), and proudly responded "I'm not an Alpha, I just like their stepping and their colors." (This was me: http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif ) I was stunned. This young man attended one of the Atlanta university schools. I know that if he had been found out at my alma mater, Hampton University, he would have been confronted about that mess. So, I told him, I'm not in a BGLO, but I really think that it's in your best interest to stop sporting something you didn't earn, as it insults the many whom have earned their letters. He just looked at me with a shocked look, and said that where he goes to school, he's worn the attire and no one has questioned it.
He was an interesting little fellow, that young man. Of course, anyone who clings to something for purely superficial purposes, can't be in my presence for very long. So, I tried to depart from him as quickly as I could. [This message has been edited by nikki25 (edited January 26, 2001).] |
A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt. Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister. |
A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt. Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister. |
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