[bluethunder]

listen, no matter how you slice it, what those fraternity members in alabama did was DEAD WRONG; they weren't dressing up for halloween-- having a noose around you neck and wearing another fraternity's letters IS NOT DRESSING UP. it is disrespectful, it is dehumanizing, and it is explicitly stating how little those people think of african-americans AND members of omega psi phi fraternity, incorporated. the fact that people on this thread have the NERVE to defend what they did as "dressing up for halloween" is illustrating why such bigotry still exsists: because people allow it, protect it, and defend people who demean others. foget expressing yourself--that's your right. but the fact that they did it in their own house, for their own amusement only shows how they REALLY feel about black people. AND FOR THE RECORD, I AM A MEMBER OF A HISTORICALLY BLACK ORGANIZATION AND TOOK GREAT OFFENSE FOR THE DISRESPECT THAT WAS SHOWN TO MY BROTHERS OF OMEGA PSI PHI and even if i wasn't in a sorority, I'M BLACK, DAMN IT.