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Originally posted by canadiandeltagirl:
Hi there,
This topic really upsets me, but maybe that is because I live in Canada, where there is nothing as a "white" sorority. All our sororities and fraternites are multicultural, which reflects upon Canada, the most multicultural country in the world.
I think that it is sad the "land of the free" is so racist!!! We do have a few frats that cater to those people who would like a frat geared to their ethnicity or religion, but not a "white" frat... It still boggles me. I am Tri Delta at the University of Toronto which is a very diverse group, we have Christian, Hebrew, and Atheist etc, white, black, asian, filipino, greek, irish, italian, french and the list goes on... Maybe the "land of the free" should try and work on their slogan!
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Canadiandeltagirl,
Ok, I wasn't going to respond to this topic anymore b/c this is a flat out dead conversation. We've been up and down and all around the mulberry bush w/ this one.
BUT, I cannot let you (or any other non-American) person sit there and call America racist! Um, yes we have issues. I live here and have lived here all 22 years of my life, so I KNOW we have issues. Not to mention the fact that I am African-American, so I KNOW how some people can be! But damn, to just generalize America and all Americans as such is flat out rude and ignorant! Now, that's fine and dandy if Canada is all roses and sunshine w/ multiculturalism bursting everywhere, but do not criticize what you really do NOT know about! Have you even lived here? Have you gone to school here? Do you even have American friends? If you've answered "yes" to any of these things, then maybe you have some basis to what you said. But even I as an American would not call my country racist b/c I KNOW not everyone in America is that way. I for one am NOT!
As far as the frat/sorority situation goes...I am not going to even comment about it b/c obviously you have NOT done any research about why there are Historically African-Am, Latino/a, Asian, etc fraternities and sororities in America. So I suggest before you start generalizing and calling America racist b/c we have ethnic specific fraternities and sororities, take a look at some history books and websites about the start of these organizations and then holla at me.
*WHEW! Please don't let me have to come back in here!*
[This message has been edited by ZChi4Life (edited May 05, 2001).]