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Originally posted by AXWhoah
It's implied in many of the statements that many people have made. You guys seem to think that multicultural can only mean a chapter full of women with different skin colors. Like my NPC isn't multicultural. Maybe you do not think that way but it is the basic though among the general population.
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I totally get where she's coming from. I've often said that one of the reasons that there's such a division between "white" people and people of color is because "white" people in the United States are all lumped together under one big group, but non-White people have the privilege of being able to retain their ethnic/cultural heritage. I know the history behind that, but even so, I think it's kind of foul that in this day and age it's still allowed to exist.
Think about it - I can (and do) proudly call myself African American, but how many so-called "white"people do you know call themselves "German American" or "Croatian American"? I'm not talking about individual anecdotes - I'm talking in general. Chinese Americans are Chinese. People from the West Indies are West Indian. Koreans are Korean. But white people are just WHITE. It's limiting, ahistorical, and just plain wrong.
Personally, my (alum) chapter of Alpha Phi is multicultural, and not just in terms of racial/ethnic identity. The collegiate chapter I help advise was featured in a past issue of
The Quarterly because of their multicultural nature. Nationally, one of our "Watchcare" programs is centered on how to understand, promote, and foster multiculturalism within collegiate chapters. While we may not "technically" be a MCGLO, we are a multicultural Fraternity.
There is more to multiculturalism than skin colour. I think that's what she's getting at -- correct me if I'm wrong, AXWhoah.