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1] All I meant was that I feel it was a poor choice of words to use "black male" when just "male" would have worked. I was not judging your fraternity in the least bit. As you will see in my initial post I stated "don't you think you should be a little bit more politically correct?" That's all I meant by my comment. I was not trying to imply you discriminate.
2] Everyone on this board assumes I am white, why is that? Do you think because I am in an NIC fraternity I am automatically white? That is just perputuating a stereotype.
3] I am very familiar with Old South week. I personally don't see anything wrong with it. It is a celebration of our southern heritage and things such as gentility, etiquette, chivalry which were common place before the War of Northen Agression. I wouldn't say you were racist because you choose to wear a dashiki or anything else related to your heritage. Also do not use the argument the War of Northern Aggression was about slavery either as that is a fallacy. If you would like to know more about Old South, so that you can understand it please see the thread entitled Old South in the Kapp Alpha Order Forum.
4]PrettyNPearls stated that the historically black greek letter organizations "were founded by African American students for African American students" That in itself seems to suggest that people of other ethnicies are not welcome. I hope that is not the case.
5] I feel that certain people who have posted on this thread are very closed minded and feel that their way is the only proper way to think, as this discourages me. We are mature, educated adults here, who should be able to have a discussion without attacking others organizations. I have never said y'all's organizations are racist, instead I only stated that the comments cause them to seem discriminatory.
6] That is fine if you wouldn't want to join the chapter at FSU, I personally wouldn't want to join other NIC chapters here at my school, as I don't feel as though I fit in, nor would I want to join any historically black greek letter organizations as I come from a different cultural background in which I would not fit in. That doesn't mean they are racist as I have some friends who are Omega Psi Phis and Kappa Alpha Psis and I definitely don't think they are.
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