I'm sure that people are starting to hate me but...
Interested Lady,
the point in most of us posting as we did was to inform pryncess that some of her statements were out of line.
I think that very often people really take things out of the context that they were meant. For example, correct me if I am wrong, but I think that she was saying that AKA is not about stereotypes but some AKA's fit the stereotype and nothing is wrong with that either.
This may not be PC but here goes,
It is almost as if people want AKA to stop initiating people who fit the stereotype to prove that the sorority is deeper than that. The thing is, we don't have to prove anything, we know that we are deeper than that. If you are familiar with the AKA stereotype, people often put AKA's down by commenting that the sorority or a person is shallow, just because they see someone who fits that type.
I am an example of that. I am light brown with long hair. The first thing out of someones mouth when I say that I am an AKA is "figures". My feeling is, I did not become an AKA because of how I look. HOWEVER, I should not feel bad or ashamed of the way that I look either. I personally don't think that one complexion is better than another but I should not have to justify my affiliation or complextion so that I don't seem offensive just because I fit a stereotype.
I think her point is that if an AKA does not fit the stereotype then she is beautiful but there are those of us who do, we are beautiful too and the latter's beauty does not take away from the former's.
I think that the challenge is not that Pryness's feeling are wrong, maybe she just has not developed the tact and eloquence to state her opinions. Think about it!
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