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Originally Posted by Laak 315
Fair enough, fair enough...this could go on for awhile without getting anywhere so it's best we end it now. Nobody answered my question about a double-standard and it doesn't look like anyone will. That's fine. I have no problem with that. Maybe the question is un-answerable. You're not going to change my opinion on the matter and I'm not going to change how your organizations look at certain people and accept or reject certain people for whatever reasons. No big deal. That's what makes organizations different. If we were all the same, we'd all have the same letters on our chest and college campuses would be boring places as it pertains to greek affairs. Reds, you're right...we should be able to accept and reject whoever we want for whatever reason without facing penalties. Unfortunately certain groups can't do that without legal action being taken against them. I guess that's just a burden we have to carry. No matter though. If organizations are happy with how they look at certain people and how they treat certain people, more power to them. That's their choice and their right.
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Laak 315,It is an assumption at best to say that the same penalties that would apply to a PWGLO would not apply to PMGLO's. For example, some HBCU's have in the past (early 90's) been sued and were "persuaded" to admit caucasian students. To make an assumption is just that, an assumption. As was stated throughout this discussion, many of our orgs have caucasian members including my sorority. I don't recall any D9 member stating that our orgs deny membership to persons based on race. I do recall one person stating the she would not vote for a non-white and she is entitled to her opinion. However, she has stated that her opinion is hers
alone and
DOES NOT reflect the opinions of her entire sorority as is obvious in the caucasian members that they have. The same argument can be made for NIC, NPC, IFC etc that although they may have one person that won't vote for a minority person for whatever reason, that opinion
DOES NOT reflect the views of the entire organization.
That being said, my opinion is that I think it only logical and natural to question a caucasian persons interest initially, because our organizations are philanthropic in nature and cater to the needs of our communities. After investigating that persons interest in my sorority and granting the person membership, I think it unnecessary to continuously question their commitment when the level of committment can be seen by the amount of work they are putting into the sorority and if they are financial or not.