Question: How do you feel about non-AKAs who wear T-shirts given out by the sorority saying things like: "Alpha Kappa Alpha Young Scholar"?
Lemme explain: Back in 1986 I was selected among several middle school students to attend an Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarship Tea hosted by the Alpha Sigma Omega chapter of AKA. I received, among other things, a mayor's citation, and a T-shirt that said something along the lines of "Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholar"; it was white with green lettering. Needless to say, I lost the shirt a long time ago, plus I only wore it maybe twice to begin with--the fact it was a women's organization must not have sat too well with me. OTOH, I saw a woman in college (about 6 years ago) who was a non-AKA wearing one of those AKA scholar shirts. She said a lot of AKAs forced her to give up the shirt, but she refused, saying that AKA alumnae gave her the shirt to begin with. What about situations like that?
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