Sorority Formal Shirt with Racist Image

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

I understand that different campuses have different processes, but at the campus where I advise t-shirt design approval is between the chapters and the Greek Life office.

Is it common to have the vendor contacting the Greek Life (of Student Activities) office for approval and leaving the chapters out of it?

For the record, I make my guys send me the t-shirt design first for approval before they send it to Greek Life. I have told them that they'd rather have me catch something inappropriate first before the University catches it. It's worked well so far.

I can't imagine that NO ONE at the chapter saw the shirt design before ordering it. Someone had to decide who to order from and give them money. They really didn't check the design before paying for the shirts?

And it's more typical for at least the council and an advisor and maybe the Greek Life office to see the design before it goes out.

Their excuse is awfully implausible.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by KDCat

I can't imagine that NO ONE at the chapter saw the shirt design before ordering it. Someone had to decide who to order from and give them money. They really didn't check the design before paying for the shirts?

And it's more typical for at least the council and an advisor and maybe the Greek Life office to see the design before it goes out.

Their excuse is awfully implausible.

The Greek Life office *did* see the shirt, *rejected* the shirt, told the printing company it was rejected and the printing company mis-entered the shirt into its database as approved. The Greek Life office *didn't* contact the chapter to tell them there was a problem.

Whether or not it is an excuse, the *University* President considers the chapter to be the least at fault out of the University Greek Life Office, the Printer and the ADPi chapter.

[KDCat]

Thank you for clarifying that!

At the same time, how did anyone at the chapter think that shirt was okay? I know part of our mission is to educate our members, but good grief... how naïve are these people?

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by KDCat

Thank you for clarifying that!

At the same time, how did anyone at the chapter think that shirt was okay? I know part of our mission is to educate our members, but good grief... how naïve are these people?

Judging from the links naraht posted earlier in the thread, it is likely that the part of the image in question was just not noticed when viewed on a t-shirt. A regrettable oversight, as the chapter stated, not an endorsement of racially sensitive images as "okay."