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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Whites tend not to express their interests as "white interests" because many whites don't think they have a race or ethnicity. "Whiteness" is invisible so they see their interests as "people interests" or "mainstream interests." When, in fact, their interests translate to "white cultural interest." This is why I go beyond the race-neutral jargon to get to what (white) people are really conveying.
I find the term "whitey frat" offensive. Was it used in this thread? Being the minority at a chapter doesn't mean anything.
Got past what stuff?
Wanting to be around people with the same interests who tend to look like them? Why would humans ever get past that? There's nothing inherently bad about it as long as it isn't based on inequality or perpetuates inequality.
Even people in multicultural organizations want to be around people with the same interests who tend to look like them. That's why most of them have friends, family, and acquaintances of the same race once they leave their multicultural chapter meetings and events.
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You find "whitey frat" offensive? I do too, but all too often in my life I've been called "whitey" and "white boy" when I'm around minorities so I use it as a rhetorical device these days. Got past what stuff? Got past the self-segregation....culturally, politically, and residentially. It's totally ridiculous.
I guess the tables have turned. I would never dream of denying a bid based on race or culture....however I speak with great confidence in saying that I am 99% sure I would never get a bid in an NPHC fraternity no matter how many friends I had in the org and even if I did get a bid I would suffer so hard through pledging in order to make me quit. Sure I've heard of white people in Latina sororities or in black fraternities but it is FAR and FEW between. You claim that "general interest" is "white interest".....if that is so then why are there so many minorities in general interest fraternities and sororities?
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