Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I promised myself I'd stay away from this thread but it sucked me in. I find some things so strange about this whole thread. Two comments really stuck out to me.
1. At first I didn't see a problem if the BGLO brothers gave them the shirt, but then I saw that they didn't. Two years ago for Halloween, one of the brothers dressed up as another brother, who is Indian, dark, and with long hair (which was damn sexy and a lot better kept up than most girls!). That brother who was "ridiculed" thought it was hilarious. The white brother even colored in his face. I guess it just depends on what kind of sense of humor people have. ----- that was from PM_Mama
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2. This came from the article about the bi-racial girl who was a member of an NPC sorority on Alabama's campus:
Though Houston enjoyed her time in the greek system, she said her race occasionally resulted in some uncomfortable situations.
She told of a Thursday night swap party where a fraternity member invited her on a date to a football game. The next day, she was told the fraternity's president had vetoed the date, saying it "didn't look right" to have a half-black woman accompanying a white man to the game.
At other times, the racial insensitivity was more indirect.
"Lots of times they would forget what they were talking about, and n-words would go flying like bullets," Houston said. "When I asked them about it, they would say, 'Oh, we don't think of you like that.' Well, you should, because that's what I am."
Both of these comments really bother me. What the hell is going on? What self-respecting minority, better yet, what self-respecting person, would re-main in a situation where they were not totally excepted for who they are. What bi-racial person would stay in a sorority where there are obvious racial issues, if you can use the N word with a straight face I have a problem with you and although she spoke up, she should have left the organization completely, especially if it happened "lots of times" s she stated. WTF, do you really need to be "accepted" and I use that word loosely so badly that you would subject yourself to that. Some people really need to get a grip.
