A few thoughts
As has been said on other threads (namely by the intelligent and classy IotaNet), what these so-called "men" and "women" did was wrong and offensive. It has horrible historical connotations, and we take offense to it, so don't do it.
Some will defend their right to be idiots, but that doesn't mean that they should be able to get off w/o consequences.
There is no earthly reason that you should express your admiration for the Jackson Five, Louis Armstrong or the Williams sisters by imitating them. Buy CDs, learn to sing, play the trumpet or work on your tennis game instead.
It's 2002, not 1942. There was a civil rights movement that people like me and my parents benefited from, to some degree. And speaking as an educated member of a Greek-letter organization, I'm tired of seeing garbage like this.
I am, however, glad that this is coming to light. To go further, I would love to see some of these cats publicly identified in news accounts, because if I'm a HR person and hiring for a certain company where a diverse workforce is a priority, I want to know if I could be hiring someone who would disrupt my workforce.
As an aside, I'm not sure that if you get more black people in NPC/NIC orgs, such incidents would be reduced.
Last edited by Steeltrap; 11-29-2002 at 11:59 AM.
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