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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
When I originally read the article (thanks Rudey for posting the link) my first reaction was : who is Twilia? I've never heardor read about this?
Now,after reading all the post, I feel like I have to add my $1.00 to this conversation.
Maybe Twilia did not receive a bid because(your guess is as good as mine!!!):
1. her race
2. her qualifications
3. bid quota
4. not a good fit with her chosen sorority
5. because __________(fill in the blank)
1.) Now correct me if I am wrong, but are NPC/NIC orgs required to let rejected PNM know WHY they did not receive a bid? It seems to me that by simply saying WHY she was not accepted (whether before or after she went "public")would have cleared everything up right then and there.
2.) Why is it SO HARD for some of you to believe that Twilia was not picked up because she was black? I am not saying that this is the reason why because like most of you, I DO NOT KNOW!!! Some of you made the point that we must be careful when reading articles from the outside media, because they usually will present the negative or bad aspects of GLO's, but yet you then try and use these same "biased"article to back up your points.
3.) Racism still exist in today's society. If you don't believe me please go and check out http://www.tolerance.org. Or how about the Auburn Univ. incident? Let's get real people. As long as you try to just sweep these types of issues under a rug, they will continue to come back to haunt us.
Like I have stated earlier, none of us knows why Twilia was rejected, except for the sorority members involved.
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1) It is not the policy of NPC to tell anyone who is cut from Rush why they were cut. There are so many reasons and so many girls going through that it would take forever. Not to mention the hurt feelings. What if the reason someone was cut is because they have a reputation of being a "ho" on campus? Do you think that knowing that would make the person feel any better? And, in Twilley's case, if NPC had given a reason for her cut, it would set a precedent for anyone else down the road who voices a complaint about the way their Rush turned out.
2) It's not that it's hard to believe that Twilley wasn't picked up because she was black. All I'm saying is that we simply don't know the real reason why, so why should we jump to the most sordid conclusion and drag the reputation of several national Greek organizations through the mud without any proof whatsoever that racism occured? Why does everyone automatically assume that the NPC sororities are to blame? To me, THAT seems a little prejudiced.
3) I'm not trying to sweep ANYTHING under the rug. I have stated, in many threads and in many posts, that I am fully aware that racism exists. So, no, I'm not wearing blinders, stuffing cotton in my ears, and humming Jingle Bells loudly so that I don't have to hear the horrible truth that discrimination is still alive and well.
4) This whole thread got off on a big Alabama/Twilley tangent ever since Killarney and I cracked a couple of jokes about the cars we used to drive. If I could take them back I would, because I never thought things would get taken so far. So, on that note, can we please get back to the original topic now?
