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Originally posted by dzrose93
Quite frankly, I don't care one whit that BGLOs were originally founded during a time when discrimination and racism against blacks was common. The REASON I don't care is because, the last time I checked, the calendar said 2002 -- not 1902. Times have changed and our organizations need to change with them. Discrimination is not NEARLY as prevalent now as it used to be back in the days when our orgs were founded. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, mind you. But it is minimal when you compare it to 50 years ago -- heck, even 25 years ago.
My organization was founded by 6 white women who were studying to become teachers back in 1902 -- a time when women were discriminated against on a daily basis and no one thought anything of it. But does that mean that my organization should be dedicated solely to helping white women teachers in 2002??? Hell no. But, if we followed the same mentality that APhiAce and some other BGLO members seem to follow, then we would be doing exactly that -- and a lot of very deserving people would be missing out on the literally hundreds of philanthropic services that Delta Zeta sisters provide each year simply because they aren't the same "kind" of people as our founders were.
APhiAce says, "We as black folks need our resources dedicated SOLELY TO US! Its human nature to look after your own. If I was in a white organization, I would be thinking of how to use their resources to help my people. I find it hard to imagine that a white person would exclude their OWN people to help ours."
That comment is what separates my idea of philanthropy from APhiAce's version -- see, I don't think of whites as being my "OWN people". People are people, and I think we should help the ones that need it the most. If I used APhiAce's philosophy, then I suppose my local chapter of DZ would be looking for some new charities to support because, right now, our two main local philanthropies are an after-school program for low-income children in a predominantly black neighborhood and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. Can you imagine what kind of reaction we'd get if we went up to the BB/BS office and said, "We're willing to help out your organization, but we only want the white girls in your program." ????  Jeez, you want to get your name in the headlines fast in this country? Go do something like that while wearing the letters of an NPC sorority.
From the things I'm reading in this thread, and in others found in other BGLO forums, it sounds as though many black GLO members prefer the idea of keeping things "separate but equal" between the black community and the non-black communities. In case someone forgot - we tried that for a while, and the black people weren't too thrilled about it. In fact, if I remember my history book correctly, they called it discrimination. Go figure.
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DZROSES,
I am soooooooo tired of people such as yourself bringing up this "reverse discrimination" and "its 2002" issue. BGLO orgs target black communities. Honestly, do you really think that if some non-AA people were to come and participate (***NEWS FLASH*****THERE ARE NON-AA PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK IN PREDOMINATELY BLACK COMMUNITIES!!!!), that a BGLO would turn them away????
Because no one, especially people such as yourself, wo9uld like to sweep racial discussions under the rug, we will never get past this. Guess what, it will be 3003 and folks will probably still be talking about this because of "don't talk about it" attitudes such as yours.
Ohhh, I'm just too upset right now to even finish my post......................