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Originally posted by Glitter650
I think that she ... should just sit in the hole she dug herself and should also think ALOT more before writing this type of stuff because she not only misrepresented the NPC orgs as a whole... but her chapter and org. as well.
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Yes I definitely agree Glitter. I was glad that in the following articles that it was made clear that her views did not represent those of NPC and/or of her individual chapter.
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Originally posted by IvySpice
Texas Princess, I agree with you to the extent that the way the columnist worded her article made the problem a whole lot worse. But I'd say that the columnist should not only have chosen more eloquent language, she should have been prepared for the consequences (anger, demonstrations, etc.) when she expressed her contempt for NPHC organizations and their members. Yeah, she's a bad writer, but she did an excellent job of making her feelings clear in plain English.
The whole column, especially the last sentence with its reference to staying out of "our" little world, smacks of a desire to avoid contact with African-American students and to preserve segregation between black and white student groups. It's really hard to imagine an eloquent or respectful way that she could have expressed the idea that "I really don’t want them [NPHC] to be involved with our events." Even a mild whiff of that kind of closed-mindedness in a column would (justifiably) inspire disgust and protest among her fellow students...and this column stinks.
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IvySpice - Thank you for bringing that to my attention
I just posted a quick reply to the original poster's question, so I unintentionally left out much of what I thought about the article. I completely agree with you when you say that she should have been prepared to take on the repercussions of her article and generalizing all NPHC orgs because of what a handful of members did. (**although I don't know of any other incidents on this campus or in the area, so please keep that in mind
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I also agree that she did a poor job of reflecting not only on her sorority (while her comments were not made on behalf of the chapter, a following article did state her affiliation), but also of herself when she made the comments that she wanted to keep everyone in their own "little worlds".
It really makes me sad when stuff like this is still happening and also makes me glad that I attend a campus where everyone is included in philanthropies, Greek Week, and things like that regardless if they are NPC, IFC, NPHC, or MC/L GLOs.