Non AKAs and para

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by SWEETAKA:
I wanted to know have any of my Sorors ever come in contact with any persons wearing para that was not an AKA? I am not talking about perps but people who are in possession of AKA nailia by some means or other. Well, today I had my first experience and I must say I am sick to my stomach. I was parking my car and saw an older white lady walking in the parking lot and I was like, cool. So, I quickly parked my car and caught up with the lady and asked her was she an AKA. She gave me this strange look and my heart dropped. I pointed to the letters across her chest and she looked down at them and said, "oh, no I'm not an AKA. This belonged to my son's girlfriend and she left it when she moved." I was stunned as she walked away. After coming half way out of shock, I yelled to her that she could at least take the letters AKA off her chest since she was not one.

To all those reading this thread, I would like to appeal to you all to please use discretion when approaching non-Greek/non-perps off the street in regards to asking them to remove "illicit 'nalia". While I know that your letters are very near and dear to your hearts, a lot of non-Greek-perps neither know nor care about the significance of your letters and if provoked, could inflict bodily harm to you. You don't know if that person(s) isn't playing with a full deck/escaped from a mental hospital or if he/she is on a powerful drug.

I ask this not to challenge policy, but to keep everybody safe, and not to jeopardize life or limb. I would recommend if you encounter a frat/soror off the street and you are reasonably sure the person isn't perping and he/she isn't Greek, the best thing to do is the let them go and leave them alone. Please don't let foolish pride get you hurt or killed. As Scriptures say, "Pride goeth before a fall."

Be safe, and be blessed.

Rain Man

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by Rain Man:
Question: How do you feel about non-AKAs who wear T-shirts given out by the sorority saying things like: "Alpha Kappa Alpha Young Scholar"?
Rain Man

I don't have a problem with that, because that person is REPRESENTING a program sponsored by a CHAPTER of ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.

[MsAnn]

I was an AKA debutante back in '93 and among our gifts was a tee shirt with all of our names and the sponsoring chapter's name on the back, and the organization's name and our coming out theme on the front. I would wear it every now and then and I never got any complaints from members. However, when I got to college, I would wear it around in the dormitory on occassion but stopped because it apparently didn't set too well with some members. I personally didn't see the big deal because it wasn't saying that I was a member. The shirt CLEARLY said "debutante." Anyway, to keep the peace, I stopped wearing it at all at school. I kept my shirt though .

[SWEETAKA]

Rain Man,
Anytime I approach someone with the letters AKA on their chest it is to meet and greet another Soror--never to challenge them. However, I was shocked to find out she had no clue as to what she was wearing across her chest. I would never ever degrade myself in attempting to take anything from another human being.


[This message has been edited by SWEETAKA (edited January 15, 2001).]

[lluvmook98]

If people don't understand about our organizations they may not see the value in not having others wear para.
If someone understands about the orgs. but is perpin' I say that they are taking their safety into their hands. I personally don't want to got to jail. I will try to talk them out of wearing it(if I can). But I am not fighting. I love AKA but I don't like the idea of jail.
I hope it is ok to wear a tee with an orgs name on it if you participated in something. For example the eastern region of APhiA had a leadership camp. They asked some AKA's to be counselors for the girls and they worked with the guys. I was a counselor. At the end of the camp we all got shirts that said Alpha Phi Alpha leadership institute (white shirts w/black & gold) I wear it on occasions but not often. I hope someone would understand that I participated in the program not that I was a groupie or ignorant of the org.

[Soulful Soror]

Originally posted by Happydaysf91:
After talking to our graduate advisor about the situation (who told us she would have snatched the shirt off the girl), she informed us that most greek organizations have only a patent on their shield -- and not the letters themselves.

I'm coming in late on this...and, it's probably been answered..but anyway, I know that at least AKA has the patent on the shield, the trade name AKA/Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the sorority's badge. I'm sure that this is standard across the board (other BGLO's).

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[Reds695]

Ok, I just had to share this story. I worked with a girl that asked me one day f she could use my Delta umbrella, because it was raining. i politely told her no. She got mad and said are you serious I said yes. I tried to explain to her that the umbrella had my letters on it and she wasn't a Delta. She was a member of a white GLO, and said she couldn't understand why I took Delta so seriously and caught major attitude. She actually tried to take the umbrella, like I wasn't serious. obviously I had to get her little A** straight, and lets just say she never asked again. The one other black girl at my job was dying laughing.

[nikki25]

I remember a young man that I met at an academic conference who purchased and wore A Phi A paraphrenalia. I asked him a question about his activities with his chapter...('cause the brother didn't strike me as a distinguished gentleman of Alpha Phi Alpha). Yes, I have my tactics for finding out things about folk...the tactics are simple. Look for my upcoming publication: "How you too can be Nosy without other people knowing it". At any rate, he took no alarm at my questioning (I couldn't do anything..I'm not in a BGLO), and proudly responded "I'm not an Alpha, I just like their stepping and their colors." (This was me: ) I was stunned. This young man attended one of the Atlanta university schools. I know that if he had been found out at my alma mater, Hampton University, he would have been confronted about that mess. So, I told him, I'm not in a BGLO, but I really think that it's in your best interest to stop sporting something you didn't earn, as it insults the many whom have earned their letters. He just looked at me with a shocked look, and said that where he goes to school, he's worn the attire and no one has questioned it.

He was an interesting little fellow, that young man. Of course, anyone who clings to something for purely superficial purposes, can't be in my presence for very long. So, I tried to depart from him as quickly as I could.



[This message has been edited by nikki25 (edited January 26, 2001).]

[justmyo]

A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt.
Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A
with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister.

[justmyo]

A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt.
Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A
with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister.

[justmyo]

A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt.
Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A
with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister.


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[justmyo]

A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt.
Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A
with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister.


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[justmyo]

A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt.
Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A
with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister.


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[justmyo]

A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt.
Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A
with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister.


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[justmyo]

A true story.Some brothers were at a party and saw someone wearing a t-shirt who wasn't a brother.Several people who went to school with him knew he was not an Alpha.Several brothers took him outside and had to physically rip the shirt off him.He returned with his father and several other police and arrested all the brothers involved.They were charged with battery.I personally have had to remove t-shirts and jackets from my blood brother on several occasions.
Another true story:On the front page of a major newspaper a lady who was burned out wearing a Fraternity t-shirt.
Also in reference to A different world,if you watch the reruns you will notice that in the first season they would show people wearing greek letters ( no crest)there was some protest to the producer who I believe was an AKA.The next season they would only show one or two letters,like AK or Z,or A
with the perspective colors.The extras were not greek.I only know of one show that used actual members of an organization and that was on an episode of Sister Sister.


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