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Old 01-25-2004, 08:39 PM
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Re: Related to white privilege: Discrimination from your "own kind"

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Originally posted by Taualumna
As a member of a minority group, I've felt more discrimination from my own ethnic group than from anyone else, usually based on my personal interests/lifestyle. For example, after watching "Legally Blonde II" this summer, my cousin (who is from Hong Kong) said that I was "really uptown". It's as if she didn't approve of the way I dressed or what I did for fun. Another girl once criticized my choice of undergraduate institutions, saying that they were "sooooooooooooooooooo white". I know that many people in GC have said that they've faced "issues" when they became new members of historically white GLOs, but how about outside of the Greek System?
could it be that subconsciously you discriminate as well and that's why you see the differences so blatantly?
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