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Originally posted by PHC's not "White":
...My family came from Denmark 100 years ago but never really assimilated into mainstream culture very much. How much does my background have in common with that of the average white american? Probably less than the average black american's does. Skin color is such an inacurate way to group people!
...to call PHC's "white" as if a light skin tone is the requirement and goal of PHC groups is to shortchange, misread and underestimate all that we are trying so hard to become. Yes, I would never deny that we have discriminated too but we are trying very hard to become something so much more than that! We are not trying to be shared cultural interest groups but places for women reguardless of background to come together in the name of shared ideals...I really don't give a good God damn where your family's boat sailed from, it landed in America, WELCOME!
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Eloquently put, PHC's not "White."
I find the characterizations like this interesting, and usually spoken out of ignorance, rather than racism. So I try not to be offended.
What I do find incredibly funny is when someone tries to tell me I'm in a "white" sorority and that I'll never be accepted in my Chapter/sisterhood, ultimately, as much as I would be in an organization of a particular culture. First of all, I've taken the Oath, and others with me. I'm already there!
And second of all, it's be (individual) choice, not design, that the minorities in my Chapter outnumbered non-minorities at one point.
*shrug*...I think it speaks volumes.
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