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Originally posted by breathesgelatin
Ok, so a few events recently (on GC and out) have gotten me really annoyed at people who continue to display racist attitudes. To them, I say, get a life and move into the 21st century.
It really bugs me when Greeks at my school or Greeks that I talk to on GC present a racist attitude. It fact, it makes me sick. I want to start this thread so anyone can post about racist stuff that has happened to them or that has happened in the Greek community, or just to affirm his/her/their chapter's anti-racist stance. I searched and couldn't find another thread like it so I hope this is not a duplicate. But what better way to end racist party themes, racist costumes, and racist attitudes than GC??
Some things that bug me:
A pledge from my school telling me, "I looked for the least diverse school possible because I knew it would be the best one"
Some fraternity brothers showing up at the Co-op at my school on Halloween of 2001 wearing blackface. When they were confronted by some black women they RAN. Cowards.
Threads or posts on GC that seem to support racism.
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Thanks for starting this thread. i appreciate your heart.
This didn't happen to me but my friend and I was there. Years ago, my best friend married a Navy guy and had to move to Norfolk VA. She's German and Persian and her hubby is Af-American. Some time later their daughter was born and I was finally able to visit them. One day, we went to the mall near her home. It was Katy (my friend), her daughter Alex, Katy's other friend Stacy and Stacy's daughter, Kelsey. The two kids were the same age, 3. We go to this mall and we come to a jewlery store and both mom's want to have a look so we all go in. By the way, so you can visualize, Katy is caucasain, Alex is mulatto (1/2 black 1/2 white), Stacy is caucasian and so is Kelsey, and I'm Af-American. We walk by one of the counters and this older caucasian woman is behind it. This woman, looks at Alex, then Kelsey, then makes a comment "Oh what a cute little girl!" only in the direction of Kelsey.Then she looked back in the direction of Alex and just made a smirk on her face. Both kids are cute as a button. I looked directly at that woman and under my breath I said " You f****** bitch! How dare you do that to CHILDREN!" I'm sure she heard me because she looked up very startled. I walked out of the store. This happened over 10 years ago and I remember it like it wasa yesterday. People like that are just sad...