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Originally Posted by Wolfman
Ladygreek, the sexual politics of this situation as depicted in the news story, placed on the tableux of the typically conservative and even homophobic context of many HBCUs, was one of the things that made me post this,albeit in a subtle manner, because it brings to the fore all kinds of issues. (There was a situation at Morehouse a few years ago that pricked some allied concerns.)
It's not that this is a "new" situation, no more than what DZ HQ was trying to do at DePauw, or the various instances of white Greeks putting on blackface at parties or other things mocking certain black stereotypes, as if it's a new phenomenon. It's more a case of the convergence of the media with the current cultural context which is more "PC" on the one hand and in which things that are exposed have a taboo character to it so that there may be consequences for those involved. This is the complex, ambivalent social context which Greeks--black,white,multicultural,etc.--have to navigate.
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Please break this down for me in laymen's terms. I am not a psychologist, or philosopher, just an MBA with a marketing and communications background. And to me this is spreading a message of hate that could have dire consequences. Thus the more exposure given to it, the more people that will get riled up.