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Originally posted by amycat412
AXWhoah. Thank you. You've said what I feel perfectly. I am French, Irish and a little bit Swedish. I too have a rich culture and family history and do somewhat resent how white people are "lumped" together. We all have culture, skin color, especially in this day and age, has nothing to do with it.
Amy
USC alum
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Originally posted by IvySpice
As far as I know, it isn't; to my knowledge, none of the NPCs are, although Phi Sigma Sigma was founded in part to create a space where women of various religions could find sisterhood. Multicultural GLO doesn't mean a group made up of people from different cultures -- that would apply to every national group! It means that one of the central purposes of the organization is to promote multicultural understanding. There are huge cultural and racial rifts in our society that divide people of various colors and backgrounds; an MCGLO is one that exists in large part in order to work toward the closure of those rifts, both within the GLO and beyond it.
If that's a central purpose of your NPC, then I apologize for failing to understand your goals.
If someone from an MCGLO can speak to this firsthand, that would be great.
Ivy
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Being in a MCGLO I have to agree with Ivy's statement.
Surrounding your Org on celebrating different cultures is what makes up my sorority. I agree that people labled as "white" don't reap the benefits of saying they are multicultural because as soon as someone see the color of their skin, they are automaticly considered white. I think those of you that have listed the various cultures that are a part of you, SHOULD consider yourself multicultural...why not...none of us is really one single race anymore, we never were, just a few decided not to express it. In my eyes, having more than one ethnic group running through your veins or more than one language spoken in your family makes you multicutural, regardless if your org is like mine that was founded on multiculturalism or not.