Actually, neicy81, if you go back and read my original post, I never once said anything about you personally. I didn't say you had or had not visited anywhere, only that
most people don't know what it is like to live here and that the great majority of people who have not visited the South get their images of life here from movies and television shows which do not often portray life in an accurate manner. I really wasn't quoting anybody in particular, and I didn't take notes on who said what in which post. I was only remarking on the general consensus on this message board which seems to be that Alabama is a racist place full of bigots who dress in blackface, burn crosses and won't let an African American woman join our sororities just because of her skin tone.
Again, I'm not going to debate you on the racial issue. I wasn't referring specifically to you and I certainly didn't post that as a personal attack. I just wanted to voice my opnion on the subject.
Furthermore, you can definitely hold an opinion of something after a year or two. As a matter of fact, you can form an opinon of anything and anyone in only a few minutes. (I, for example, have now formed an opinion about you without even having met you). But to have an
informed opinion is another thing entirely, and I think that you have, as you so eloquently put it, ASSuMEd wrongly about the people of this state. You also ASSuMed that I care about what you think of me as a person. I don't know you, and your opinion doesn't rank too highly in my book. All I can do is say what I know or believe to be true.
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How do you know the African American woman wasn't rejected because of her race?Were you there?Did you personally reject her?Or did you call one of the members and just took their good hearty word?
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I was there. I can't speak for every house, but at my house her being dropped had nothing to do with race. She was a junior, she was incredibly rude and she had a bad reputation. She got cut. You seem terribly familiar with the issue... were you there? Do you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that it was a racial issue? Have you ever actually
met Melody Twilley? I am "ASSuME"-ing that were not there, that you are not a member of an NPC sorority at UA and that you have not met her in person. Perhaps you should stop ASSuME-ing and open YOUR eyes, sweetheart.
Goodnight, all. Have a great rest of the week!