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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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Whew...do I even dare to follow ZChi's post?
First of all, I think this topic has gone way off course...but,
CanadianDelta...it's very sad to see that you think of America this way. Before you continue generalizing my country this way, think of this:
I am a daughter of a Filipino immigrant mother and in total I have five different ethnicities. I am a member of a HISTORICALLY WHITE Greek Lettered Organization. However, in my sorority we basically have EVERY KIND OF ETHNICITY REPRESENTED. Across America you see many cultural-interest GLOs popping up everywhere! One of my best friends is a aKDPhi, one of the largest (if not THE largest) Asian-interest sororities in the nation! Contrary to what people say, GLOs like aKDPhi don't segregate, they want to give people an opportunity to be aware of Asian/MC interests, and I really don't see anything wrong with that.
It really pisses me off to see you call my country racist. I know racist people and I know there are a lot of them out there, but you have to realize that they don't represent the country as a whole. Of course, you wouldn't know that because you probably never lived here. In my 21 years of life I have never ever experienced racism in all the cities I've lived in. Some of my proudest moments are when I'm able to share my culture and my heritage. You'd be surprised as to how many people are interested in the Filipino/Japanese/Hawaiian/Hispanic/Russian culture.
And yes--America does live up to "the land of the free"...just ask my mom and she'll tell you all about it and how she fled Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship. Many immigrants come to America in hopes of fulfilling the American dream...and when I do graduate with that degree, I'll be fulfilling her American dream.
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