Male "Sorority" Controversy at Tennessee State

[miakapella]

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

You can't (well you can, but we all can see what it has led to) call someone Soror, who isn" your Soror.

We call them soror giving them respect..like i've repeativley said we are not AKA's! we do not wish to be we call them soror because of the fact that official AKA women help with our process!!!


Just because they are not trademarked doesn't mean they are not sacred to the members of the organization.

We know they are sacred we keep them sacred...we respect AKA's!!! we use them only to rep and show our love and appreciation for all the things they have accomplished!!!



But in essence you are "claiming" to be AKA's by using certain symbols and by wearing pink and green in your "imitation" of greek life, while using their symbols.

ANyone can wear pink and green!!! Does that make them an AKA?? Once again we dont' use their symobols just signs!! the pinky!!! although it is thier sign it isnot their symbol!! those pics shown on the news were ot us!!! we our secretive the TSU chapter does not flaunt around in such a manner!!! We emulate them to show support and in all Honesty I know AKA history like the back of my hand

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by miakapella

ANyone can wear pink and green!!! Does that make them an AKA?? Once again we dont' use their symobols just signs!! the pinky!!! although it is thier sign it isnot their symbol!! those pics shown on the news were ot us!!! we our secretive the TSU chapter does not flaunt around in such a manner!!! We emulate them to show support and in all Honesty I know AKA history like the back of my hand

Notice I said wearing pink and green while imitating aspects of greek life and using their (AKAs) signs. And signs vs. symbols is a technicality...I like the color red, but if I was sporting some red attire, while standing next to a statue of an elephant and had my hands shaped to form a Delta, it is disrespectful, ESPECIALLY since I am aware that those are signs associated with Delta Sigma Theta. Support all you want to, do community service with them, support their programming, but wearing someone elses colors and copying their signs isn't supporting them, at best it's imitation, at worst it is mockery and disrespectful.

[risingstar]

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

Notice I said wearing pink and green while imitating aspects of greek life and using their (AKAs) signs. And signs vs. symbols is a technicality...I like the color red, but if I was sporting some red attire, while standing next to a statue of an elephant and had my hands shaped to form a Delta, it is disrespectful, ESPECIALLY since I am aware that those are signs associated with Delta Sigma Theta. Support all you want to, do community service with them, support their programming, but wearing someone elses colors and copying their signs isn't supporting them, at best it's imitation, at worst it is mockery and disrespectful.

That was very well said.