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Old 01-15-2012, 12:09 AM
DrPhil DrPhil is offline
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Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000 View Post
1. You will get a bid and your future sisters won't even notice your skin color. They will see you as an intelligent, well-spoken young lady with all you have to offer the sisterhood.
True sisterhood is when they notice your "skin color," in addition to the other awesome things, but simply do not discriminate on the basis of "skin color."**

Discrimination is not combatted through pretending to be colorblind. Colorblindness has been adopted by whites, in general, as a dishonest and exaggerated response to race and ethnic relations.

** In this context, intelligent and well-spoken sound more like surprising observations than compliments. College educated women should be accustomed to being around intelligent and well-spoken peers. Complimenting a woman, specifically a Black woman, for being intelligent and well-spoken sounds more fitting for 1912 than 2012.

Last edited by DrPhil; 01-15-2012 at 12:30 AM.