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Originally posted by xo_kathy
I wanted to post with a little more insider info:
I have had contact with a member involved in the chapter - I'm not saying if it's an active, advisor, or alum b/c our National is really strict about anyone commenting so I don't want to get her in trouble - but it's someone who is currently dealing with this first hand...
This was NOT a sanctioned award, nor was it something voted on by the chapter or the people planning formal. It was something one person basically added in that night. It is NOT a normal "award" like Most Likely to Be an Advisor or Most Spirited or something. That doesn't make it okay, but PLEASE understand that it was NOT the entire chapter of Chi O at Kent State who thought this would be a swell thing to do.
Chi O at Kent is a well-respected, academically successful chapter. They are racially diverse relative to a campus that generally does not have black women who go through NPC recruitment. They have had black members in the past, though they do not currently.
Again, I am not making excuses for the few women who did this, but from what I am hearing it was not malicious in intent, but unfortunately mis-guided and still insensitive. BUT, please do not blame an entire chapter of women who were not even aware of this until the same moment as Candace when it was only the action of a few.
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Thank you for the added insight from an insider's point of view.
And hey I was right -- no current Black members of the chapter.
