When I originally read the article (thanks Rudey for posting the link) my first reaction was : who is Twilia? I've never heardor read about this?
Now,after reading all the post, I feel like I have to add my $1.00 to this conversation.
Maybe Twilia did not receive a bid because(your guess is as good as mine!!!):
1. her race
2. her qualifications
3. bid quota
4. not a good fit with her chosen sorority
5. because __________(fill in the blank)
1.) Now correct me if I am wrong, but are NPC/NIC orgs required to let rejected PNM know WHY they did not receive a bid? It seems to me that by simply saying WHY she was not accepted (whether before or after she went "public")would have cleared everything up right then and there.
2.) Why is it SO HARD for some of you to believe that Twilia was not picked up because she was black? I am not saying that this is the reason why because like most of you, I DO NOT KNOW!!! Some of you made the point that we must be careful when reading articles from the outside media, because they usually will present the negative or bad aspects of GLO's, but yet you then try and use these same "biased"article to back up your points.
3.) Racism still exist in today's society. If you don't believe me please go and check out
http://www.tolerance.org. Or how about the Auburn Univ. incident? Let's get real people. As long as you try to just sweep these types of issues under a rug, they will continue to come back to haunt us.
Like I have stated earlier, none of us knows why Twilia was rejected, except for the sorority members involved.
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