My first statement is very important to me. In no way are my opinions or words meant to attack anyone's organization. I want to be part of this discussion without conflict, so please do not get upset with my post if I make any “wrong” statements, I'm just trying to discuss this. So please do not take my opinions personally if they offend you.
I think the term BGLO is condescending. It sets a negative tone, in my opinion, towards the older “white” Greek organizations stating that we have pushed one group away and forced them to create a separate group. I would of never believed this to be true no matter how my fraternity started. We have white founders, but they started our fraternity because of exclusion from the group. I strongly believe my chapter is one of the most diverse groups on campus. Less than 50% of my house would be categorized as "white" by racial/ethnic definitions. Does it matter how we started? I certainly don’t see how it has any relevance to the term WGLO, it just seems to label every fraternity as a branch of the KKK, and that’s a degrading concept. I apologize if no one else sees what I’m saying, I’m not trying to anger anyone here, but this is how I’m perceiving this whole thing. When I hear WGLO, I’m trying to figure out why someone feels that I’m not just a GLO, but a WGLO. Because my origin is white, I have subjugated all fraternities of african american origin? That’s just beyond absurdity!
Alpha 1906, the reason why I made the statement about the term BGLO being formed on this board was because even with all the different fraternity/sorority orgs. at my college, no one, not even the "minority" orgs. have ever used or referred to themselves as BGLOs. I'm sorry if this statement offended you, I apologize to everyone for that.
This isn't about me or anyone else being right or wrong, I hope no one is seriously looking for a “winning” side to this debate. I just believe if this sort of separation continues as is, people will never stop discriminating against each other. Creating these terms appears to divide us further, I don’t like that at all. Everyone should be proud of their origins and have respect for who they are, but don’t use it to make your group sound superior to the rest. I don’t think I’m ignoring any issue if I chose to call everyone a GLO, and I never thought it would be so complicated to understand.
Thank you for reading,
RUgreek
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