There are some people that call themselves black, afro-american, african-american, and there are still people that call themselves colored (please don't ever use that term). It happens. I don't understand why people are so upset that some are admitting that there are people still in this country using the less "correct" term. It's really nothing to argue about.
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Originally Posted by nitido357
by the way, the whole changing of the "Latino Fraternity/Sorority" to "Multicultural" is interesting to me...on one hand it puts in question the plurality that is Hispanic culture and on the other it brings up possible recruitment shortfalls caused by the term.
It's definitely complex, and I truly can't see me siding with one side or the other...
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I think that if a latina sorority all of a sudden starts calling themselves multicultural because the latin culture is diverse, then every single sorority could call themselves multicultural. Asian culture is diverse. European culture is diverse.... I think the tag on "multicultural" term is used for recruitment purposes only and the excuse of the latino culture being diverse is used to justify it. i have found that at universities where there is a small latino population, they like to boost they are multicultural. But in areas that there is a strong latino representation, they emphasize that they are latina based. I don't think you can have it both ways. It is against the law to discriminate against others based on race. Just because an organization has let in a couple of "others", it doesn't mean they should just add to their founding principles. These days it would be really hard to find any organization that doesn't have different ethnic groups represented.