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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
Acculturation is different from assimilation... And desegregation is different from integration...
If I thought that a "unity rally" really would change people's hearts, I would attend with full support. But how many NPHC organization were verbally requested to attend during the planning stages of the rally? How many of its members were requested to speak? What solutions are available to make the difference?
More focus groups and talk therapy to discuss what is going on? More research and statistics that say where each of us lie on the artificial scale on which unleveled playing field we reside?
That is pointless to most of us. We have been marching and singing "We shall overcome" for years and still we have obliteration of affirmative action in all universities and colleges nationwide as well as now degregation mandates in public schools.
And you want US, those who are part of the NPHC, that were part of the civil rights movement to fighting for busing and affirmative action to participate in a rally we deem as BS?
You aren't interested in changing until your actions say so...
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No no no this isn't about "you guys" and "us" at all! The unity rally was jointly organized by NPHC and MGC Greeks (that's what I meant by "our" unity rally), and in fact Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta probably took on the most active role. Please don't think I was trying to call you guys out, if that's what you were thinking! It just happened to be that not all NPHC organizations felt that protesting by rally was the best idea, and some decided that it was simply a waste of time. And that's why I'm asking about it here because I want to know what you think is the better way to deal with this type of stuff.
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