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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Yessss, some people's accounts of the west coast have an awesome way of making people confuse "tokenism" with real cohesion; or confuse seeing browner faces (not tan) in bid day pictures with the issue never coming up.
That's why it is no surprise when people learn "you can pledge my chapter but we can't be 'friends' or you can't really know me outside of this GLO and campus context" or "let's get some Hispanic, Asian, and/or Black members...but then let's pretend that we don't notice race and ethnicity and pretend we're in some dumb melting pot...although I wouldn't do this outside of my GLO context." |
Yeah, it's not as easy as some people make it out to be. It's not just the West Coast,either--look at composites at the NPC sororities at the Ivies, MIT, and other schools. I think people like to be like all, "we're liberal and/or 'smart'--we can handle friends of other races as long as they are just like us!" But maybe I'm jaded...or I just need a nap.
I'm kind of bored over the NPC minority thing, but I'm not 18 either. I think I cared more then.