Well...
I don't get out much so if I say something that peeves you, YOU SHOULD PM ME so that I'll know to respond--please!!!
I'm still trippin' offa those that think they can wear my Sorority's colors up in one of my events when they have been told and they say they're not an interest today!!!
Then whatz up with dees "handles" or email addresses by SOME interests??? Like desiring(your orgs year)@yahoo.com--UM discretion! PLEASE!
But as far as "wondering"... Don't let me be one to start a challenge... Besides, there are WAYS you can spot somebody--even online. I guess it goes with the "schooling"...
Maybe the hard part is when a "love connection" is trying to be developed, and they emit some sort of aire about themselves, if you are unsure about another org's "process"--especially one of the opposite sex, then you can get a little debunked...
Also, there are these "stereotypes" that some folks have about BGLO's... So, if see somebody that doesn't quite "fit" into that stereotype and IS wearing XYZ 'nalia, then what? With, um, "thangs" like intake randomization in the absence of a "traditional historical context", then it can be easy to misinterpret an outsider and an insiders actions...
So, sometimes, I'm skrait up with somebody and point blank ask a brotha or a sistah. Usually, most folks who are on the outside are honest--especially if they are mature about it. But that's my 30-40-something crowd. As a young person who's, say, under 25 in an academic enviroment, I can see how there might be some confusion, errors in judgement and some hostility.
disclaimer That's just my opinion, and is unreflective of the official doctrines of my Sorors and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.--but I skerioussly doubt it...
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