African American women in CPC, opinions, please?

[ellebud]

Time clarification: Miss Teen California, USA...I'm not sure what graduated several years before I began at this school. (I believe that would have graduated in '68 or so). I wasn't there yet. She was famous on the row and in the house for her beauty and intelligence. I know that she was pinned to a fraternity boy because of the pictures but beyond that..........I didn't "know" her. Was she famous because she was Black? No. She was a beauty queen which, at that time, held great cache. And, according to house legend was one of the nicest girls ever.

Pat and I shared only one year in the house. During the second quarter she made an announcement in chapter meeting her problem of reconciling her membership in the BSU and the sorority. SHE said that on campus she would not/could not acknowledge us. And we, in accordance with the times, agreed to let her follow through on this decision.

I graduated. I do not know what happened after that. Was I offended? Yes.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ellebud

Time clarification: Miss Teen California, USA...I'm not sure what graduated several years before I began at this school. (I believe that would have graduated in '68 or so). I wasn't there yet. She was famous on the row and in the house for her beauty and intelligence. I know that she was pinned to a fraternity boy because of the pictures but beyond that..........I didn't "know" her. Was she famous because she was Black? No. She was a beauty queen which, at that time, held great cache. And, according to house legend was one of the nicest girls ever.

She was "famous" because she was Miss Teen California and a Black Miss Teen California, USA. I'm not sure why being a Miss Teen California would really mean anything to collegiates, but whatever works for them. She's stunning, she's "famous," she's BLACK. And not in that order.

Whoa, now we're hearing there's a house legend that she's one of the nicest girls ever. Shouldn't house legends be reserved for more interesting stuff? Oh well, it's great to have so many qualifiers for this Black initiate. What would we do without qualifiers?

Originally Posted by ellebud

Pat and I shared only one year in the house. During the second quarter she made an announcement in chapter meeting her problem of reconciling her membership in the BSU and the sorority. SHE said that on campus she would not/could not acknowledge us. And we, in accordance with the times, agreed to let her follow through on this decision.

Exactly. It literally and figuratively "is what it is."

[ThatOnegirl]

i am a black student who plans on going through with Pan Rec next year at UAB, OU(ohio u), JU(jacksonville), JSU(Jacksonville State), SU(stetson), or even Auburn. Still deciding witch school is for me but either way im going through with pan rec. I am also a transfer from an HBCU.

Any thoughts?

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by ThatOnegirl

i am a black student who plans on going through with Pan Rec next year at UAB, OU(ohio u), JU(jacksonville), JSU(Jacksonville State), SU(stetson), or even Auburn. Still deciding witch school is for me but either way im going through with pan rec. I am also a transfer from an HBCU.

Any thoughts?

Just one. Why should we care?

I mean what does this announcement contribute to the topic?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by ThatOnegirl

i am a black student who plans on going through with Pan Rec next year at UAB, OU(ohio u), JU(jacksonville), JSU(Jacksonville State), SU(stetson), or even Auburn. Still deciding witch school is for me but either way im going through with pan rec. I am also a transfer from an HBCU.

Any thoughts?

It's not that simple of an error.

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Yes, but I'm sure you knew what they meant. Although things are changing because diversity is becoming more widely accepted and people now have more friends of different ethnicities and are therefore broadening their horizons, in predominantly Black communities, not a lot of folks do the "outdoorsy" thing and in predominantly white communities, not a lot of folks are doing some of the things that Black folks commonly do in predominantly Black communities. So we all know exactly what is meant by this although I'm not saying it's fair to accuse someone of "acting white" because of it.

Then again, maybe you've never lived in a predominantly Black community? You still should know what they meant though.

Nope, didn't grow up in a predominantly Black community.

Yes, I understand what they meant now, when I was 17 not so much, because the things I grew up doing, most of the Black people I knew did as well. It wasn't so weird that my father golfed because most of the men in our family and most of his friends did. We camped with other families. Again--nothing that didn't seem "Black" to me. But, for those people, it was like I had three heads.

I see now, 12 years later, that it was more a reflection on them and a limited scope of what it meant to "be Black." As a high school senior, however, it was a different experience.