[sweete81]

First, I am glad to see that we are all being respectful of each others opinion! Now, I will have to agree with Rashid on this, who really gives a rat's tail who is in what organization? I don't believe that it has ever been a problem, but why does it have to be a gender issue?!?! I was always taught, "whatever is good for the goose is good for the gander as well" pun intended. I mean either someone who is GSS will call all APO male and female bruhs or none of APO brothers "bruhs" and vice versa, either APO will call GSS male and female "soror" or none of them soror. But don't do it for one sex and not the other. That is not only highly offensive to the party neglected because by only acknowledging a bruh/soror you basically discredit their letters and what they worked so hard for, but you the party that allowed to happen make yourself look unbrotherly/sisterly by letting someone disrespect your bruh/soror in such a fashion.

One thing that I do notice, a great deal of this "conflict" stems from alumni. Some alumni still do not know that APO and GSS are coed and they may ask you what happened to the other organization. That is understandable and it is not offensive. Now you do have ignorant alumni (Zeta Phi has them along with TSU and JSCU) that basically say to hell with 1976, women don't belong and all that other bs despite the fact that most pledged post-1976 in addition to the fact that they don't do anything but cause headaches and trouble in their home chapters. Those are the ones mainly forcing the whole 25/52 love thing down those who are remaining in the chapters without realizing or caring that it DOES exclude female bruhs. Now we should respect the historical ties between both organizations but in the same regard it is a new day for both organizations. Some alumni need to realize that WE ARE CO-ED whether you like it or not and if you don't then either denounce your letters or you should not have joined in the first place.

In closing, you only allow people to do what you let them. If something like this is happening on your campus, you need to first check the chick who is blatanly disrespecting you and your role as a member and brother of ALPHA PHI OMEGA. Secondly, you need to pull up your bruhs like, "Yo that is foul that you would let someone disrespect your female bruhs like so." People need to put their foot down on this issue so that it does not come up time and time again or every time an HBCU gets rechartered. Either do it for everyone or do it for noone!!! And it is really as simple as that!!!

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