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Originally Posted by gee_ess
Okay, I am going to get flamed for this but I just want to throw out there for all to discuss:
Was it is private party? Can people not do what they want to do in private?
I totally understand the whole PC argument and I know that this sorority wants to avoid doing anything unkind, or ruin their reputation,etc, but I have to say, that unless they were parading down Main Street, isn't this a personal choice at a private party?
Some people chose to dress up as Indians and that caracature(sp) was offensive to some. I understand. Where is the outrage over "pimps and ho's" or "redneck" parties?
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From the sounds of it, it was a mixer type party (or date party), so the sorority's name is attached to it.
If you want to have a get together at your apartment and have people dress up in a way that offends other people, hey, more power to you, but WHY would you have an official event, and do that with your sorority's name attached to it?
Like the columnist said:
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In an article that appeared in the Grand Forks Herald on March 22, "Sorority party prompts complaint", there was a response from a woman who was the president of Gamma Phi Beta when the party was held.
She said that they "had no control" over how others dressed. No control to say to her other "sisters" there is no way we are going to be a part of something so blatantly racist and disrespectful.
They had no control to tell people that throwing a party such as theirs was comparable to having a black-face party during Black History Month. They had plenty of control to stop this party, but they allowed it to happen.
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I find it hard to believe that she had "no control" over how people dressed. She could have easily sent out a memo or something? She herself even had pictures of herself dressed like that up for the world to see on the internet.
Like I said, if you're going to do it on your own free time, whatever, but why would you do something like that and attach your sorority's name to it?