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Ugh! Didn't like waking up to this at all. I have close ties to this chapter of Alpha Phi and I am so disappointed by this situation. First, UCLA greeks are big on playing dress-up for their parties and exchanges. A Kanye/Kardashian themed event isn't the problem. Girls or guys dressing up in baggy sweats and t-shirt (Kanye at the MTV awards) and girls padding their rear ends, wearing puffy lips, padded bras (yup, Kardashians), even the reference to the K girls being "gold diggers " isn't offensive. The problem is that some event goers got spray tanned to the extent that they looked not caucasian and others rubbed black stuff on their faces in mocking reference to being African American. Black face is disrespectful on every level. Where the hell was the leadership in these two very prominent UCLA chapters?? How and why could the older members and leadership of these chapters not anticipate what the ramifications would be? Did the social chairs of sig ep and alpha phi not set down ground rules (i.e.: no Blackface!!) . I don't blame the UCLA community for being completely outraged. Sig Ep and Alpha Phi better use this as a major major humbling learning opportunity--and they better do it quickly.
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