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Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983
You find "whitey frat" offensive? I do too, but all too often in my life I've been called "whitey" and "white boy" when I'm around minorities so I use it as a rhetorical device these days. Got past what stuff? Got past the self-segregation....culturally, politically, and residentially. It's totally ridiculous.
I guess the tables have turned. I would never dream of denying a bid based on race or culture....however I speak with great confidence in saying that I am 99% sure I would never get a bid in an NPHC fraternity no matter how many friends I had in the org and even if I did get a bid I would suffer so hard through pledging in order to make me quit. Sure I've heard of white people in Latina sororities or in black fraternities but it is FAR and FEW between. You claim that "general interest" is "white interest".....if that is so then why are there so many minorities in general interest fraternities and sororities?
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This says a lot here about how uneducated you are about your own environment, race relations in America and in the world (past and present), and the history of sociological issues facing minority groups in the U.S. and in the world. Do you really not get that "general interest" is "white interest" in the U.S. especially? It really saddens me that we have so many college educated people in the U.S. and in the world, but many of them are not educated about issues that indirectly affect them and directly affect their fellow men and women. It's really mind boggling that your eyes could be so closed. Being sheltered and not growing up among those who are different from you is no excuse for being ignorant of the issues facing your fellow citizens...and this goes for the majority and minorities alike. Yes, you have some minorities who did not grow up in areas where their race or culture was dominant and so they too walk around with their eyes closed if they did not educate themselves. There is no excuse to be so blind. Even though you may not get certain information in school, from your textbooks, you can get it by opening your eyes, observing your environment (all of it), talking to different people, and in doing the research for yourself. And this is not an attack on you but hopefully it will be a wake up call to do some research and be more observant so that you can truly understand the world in which you live.