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Old 07-01-2001, 10:45 PM
Shelacious Shelacious is offline
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Originally posted by PM_Mama00:

Well, on my campus there are many black men who are a part of Delta Sigma Phi, and I totally love each of them. I don't see them for their color, I see them for their personality.
I usually don't comment on this type of topic, but I would just like to add...I initiated both a Mexican and a Vietnamese Soror in my undergraduate chapter, and while I voted for them because of their personality and what they could bring to the organization, I was also very conscious of their ethnicity. The culture in which they were brought up is as important to them as their name, their parents or their favorite ice cream. Just because they joined a predominately BGLO doesn't mean they desire to subjugate their ethnicity as a result. I totally understand what folks mean when they say they see "personality, not color", but I just assert that is not necessary to see only "personality” because their "color" (or better ethnicity), helps shape their personality, and the more one can appreciate this, the closer your relationship will often become.


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