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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
Sigh...the whole point is, we will not stop this type of negative publicity until we stop doing this to ourselves. Where did EZ DZ come from? It came from the Greek community. Greek men started that and sorority women perpetuated it in an effort to compete. We are our own worst enemies. A quick mention on Glee is miniscule in comparison to the shaming and horrible things said on websites frequented by PNMs every single day in this country. The general public doesn't come up with this stuff...we do. Until we pull together as a community and say that it is not okay to use these slurs, shame women for their sexuality, abuse our members, etc, the greater world will pick up on it as if it were the norm of the Greek community. How do they know the truth if they can only see what we portray to them? They don't buy the facade of community service/sisterhood/kumbaya and why should they? We all know there is more to it than that. We just have to give them more than the ugly side to see.
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It's not that I don't understand your point, it's that I disagree with most of it.
I completely agree that we should always strive to better ourselves and our organizations, and to minimize any cause for perpetuating these stereotypes. I believe I mentioned that in my post above.
Where we fundamentally disagree is that I believe that stereotypes are not always based in truth, and even if they began in some kernal of truth, they typically misrepresent the vast majority of the group they reference.
I also disagree with the notion that we can't defend ourselves just because we aren't 100% perfect. What becomes the threshold of good behavior when we DO allow ourselves to fight back?
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