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Originally posted by mccoyred
I find the notion of removing a statue of a Greek goddess from a Christian campus because it is considered a pagan symbol utterly ridiculous. I also find the opposition to baring of a breast on a statue due to Christian ideals ridiculous.
However, I also fail to find the relevance of the statue as described to AKA or Bethune-Cookman College. If the Greek statue was Minerva in relationship to Delta, I could see the relevance (Minerva is symbolic to Delta, Mary McCleod Bethune was a Delta). To my knowledge, AKA does not have a symbol as described above.
I will defer to AKA_Monet that the statue did/does have symbolic value to the AKA chapter on the campus. I think that it is interesting that the statue was removed without much comment. I am interested to see what will take its place.
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I called my Soror Grandmother who lives across the street from BCC. She said many of the young African American students are so waaaaaaayyyyyy other there in their behavior and clothing that it is too negative of an environment. (Think thugs, pimps and ho's--of course my G-ma is 90 years old, too). That the President of BCC thought that another symbol displaying "positive African American organizations" on a HBCU campus needed revamping. That the homes most of these kids come from cannot differentiate between arts and culture and the violent homes that they have endured. So she is asking all the "positive African American" organizations to step it up a notch and remove archaic images... That is what I gathered from my G-ma... And that's her point of view...