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Originally posted by damasa
Truth: What would be the response if this topic came up in a board of a frat/soror that was mostly white? What if the organization had members that brought up the topic of sketching african-americans joining or being members already? They started saying they should be weary or they don't want them to come in and trying to "blackwash" the fraternity and use the resourced to help out "their people." Would that be considered racist? Would it be wrong, unethical, what?
I'm not trying to bring up a huge brawl, and i'm not pointing my fingers at anyone, just asking a few simple questions, hoping to get a few educated answers.
"To be fake for even a second is to be fake for all of your life"
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Damasa,
Please read all of the post on this board (especially the last one by Blackwatch). There is a wealth of information post by some that explain WHY BGLO's focus on AA communities.
If the roles were reversed and SOME white GLO members were saying that they did not want blacks in their org. (I would probaly participate in that thread and post some logical knowledge and not just my personal opinion or experiences) becasue they were founded to uplift the white community, would I consider that racism? Only if their definition of "uplifting the community" meant oppressing mine or any other minority.
BGLO's DO NOT go out and opress other groups of people while trying to better theirs. Yes, their main focus are on the African american community, just like LGLO's main focus is on the Latino community, as so on.
Please go and check out
www.naacp.com and
www.naawp.com and compare the two. These are two orgs, founded on two different historical bases, but yet, you teel me which one is the racist. No where on the NAACP's website will you find offensive speech, ideas, para', membership requirement, or anything of that nature, unlike the naawp.