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Originally posted by Rudey
While you may not like the image, that's the image that a lot of people have about minority fraternities and sororities. Yes we may not know them at all but that is the image that we all have in our heads.
It doesn't help when you have people in these fraternities talking about how rough it is and how others might not make it. It doesn't help when you see kids branded and while they may not have been forced to get it and think it's cool, you once again associate it with pain immediately in your head. Even my friends in one asian fraternity would tell me that you have to treat it like the military. That just didn't sit well with ME.
Also I know on GC, it just sorta feels like as soon as any news comes out about this, it disappears from the general threads because Amycat is friends with some people that don't want those threads on there. I'm not saying that anyone is doing anything wrong, but this creates this further image of people trying to hide something (not saying you are).
At the end of the day you'll tell me I know nothing about your org. That's fine. I don't. I'm just saying what the image a lot of people might have of those orgs. I personally have it with the fraternities. The sororities i see as being older women in phd's only because those were the only ones at MY school. You also don't have to care what anyone else's image is but if that's the case, don't flip out if they state what their impression is.
-Rudey
--That is all. I haven't been mean, so please don't take this as an opportunity to come at me.
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I think it is ironic that some one who is trying to make a point about inaccurate perceptions and stereotypes makes their point by including an inaccurate perception and stereotype in their comments. You say “don't flip out if they state what their impression is.” but isn’t that the point of his comments to ABC in the first place- that they put out their inaccurate impressions about greekdom? For me, to throw in that type of comment undermines his entire message. I think the inability of others to recognize that while it may be the impression unless it is backed up with fact it is NO DIFFERENT than the IMPRESSION that all white frats do is drink and drug pledges and put them up to stupid games and misdemeanors and vandalism. That is the impression I was given on my college campus. By your comments it would be an acceptable and responsible thing for me to state that as fact because it is my impression. (I am not coming at you just asking you (and others to think about it)