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Originally posted by Discogoddess:
My thoughts exactly, soror.
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Originally posted by DeltaBro1:
It seems to me that the ladies of AKA have based their judgment of my fraternity on hearsay and not fact....
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I'm not sure why you quoted me, DeltaBro1, but if you read the original message I was agreeing with, you will see that I have no quarrel with your organization's existence, purpose or anything like that. In fact, my soror and I were in agreement that you have a right to form any organization, greek-lettered included, that meets your needs.
I think many us are taking your organization to task for the seemingly purposeful duplication of symbols that have been associated with our sorority since its inception (or very near to it). Further, from what I understand, some people may be reacting to an email making the rounds, under your signature, that states that your group was formed out of an underground "sorority" of black gay men who stepped, did the AKA call and used our hand signs and other unofficial symbols, all while calling themselves men of Alpha Kappa Alpha. This message also stated that some of your group's members were the sons, brothers, etc. of our sorors, and were privy to our rituals and such and used them in their own ways.
That, for me, is insulting, not flattering--for ANY group of people (men, women) to mimic us and use signs and symbols without being members of the group from which these things originated.