A Phi A Badge on ebay
 

Though the guy is not too pc, there is a badge for sale on ebay. Are you guys into saving your badges or is that more of a sorority thing to do? just wondering gents, hope an Alpha Phi Alpha brother gets the badge.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=11145

LOL....you said he wasn't PC...i was wondering what you meant, but then I read it.

That's an interesting question though....on the whole, I don't notice NPHC fraternity men as up in arms about our badges being sold as I see our female counterparts.

That's not to say that we don't care....I just don't see the same level of anger, i suppose.

Phrat, when I read it, I was like..so we negroes again?
Hmmmmmm, I didn't get the latest update....Let me go check my recent Ebony magazine

LOLLLLL

I just had to laugh when I saw that...too ridiculous

Well, some people are not with the times that is for sure. As to why some people get so up in arms as to why people are buying our badges, I think for me it's more when I bid on one that I really like that is old and has a sort of history behind it, it's disappointed when it get snatched up by a collector who has absolutely no link to my fraternity.

I understand liking the way our badeg looks, it's gorgeous, but why would you want it if you were not a member?

Interesting observation. I sure wish that ALL NPHC Greeks, both genders, would make the proper dispositions for their pins upon death. Our pins (and all GLO pins) shouldn't be on eBay.

Steeltrap, I agree.

Okay, so I've been graped....should I call 911?

The proper way to dispose of a pin is to have your signifigant other foward it to the National Office of your Org. Or write it in your will. Either way let them know what you are planning to do!

*snickering*

"Alpha Phi Alpha Gold Negro Fraternity Pin"
 

"Alpha Phi Alpha was founded in 1906 by Negro college students at Cornell University. . ."

This is the title and description copied and pasted from the ebay page featuring the Alpha pin.

Was anybody else on here shocked and/or disgusted to see this description on ebay? I guess I'm a little too optimistic at times, but it is still sad and surprising to me when I see cases of such blatant ignorance like this. It's 2003, are people REALLY out there still saying "Negro Fraternity"???

Re: "Alpha Phi Alpha Gold Negro Fraternity Pin"
 

Hijack -- on another board I belong to, we were discussing an eBay auction for my sorority's pin that had the word "negro" as a description. It caused some heat, and several older members pointed out that "negro" was still used until the late 1960s. As a matter of fact, that's on my birth certificate (I was born in 1964).

I can see where it may be offensive, but I find "colored" more offensive.

Re: Re: "Alpha Phi Alpha Gold Negro Fraternity Pin"
 

Continued hijack:

I got ya beat! I was born 1974 and by birth certificate says Negro! :eek:

No, I got ya both beat! My mother is brighter than most white people and my birth certificate has her listed as "negro".

1975 was my birthyear.

Re: Re: Re: "Alpha Phi Alpha Gold Negro Fraternity Pin"
 

My grandfather's discharge papers from the Air Force has his race listed as Negroid.