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Originally Posted by Senusret I
Surprisingly, I actually do think this is a big deal.
People have called my fraternity "Gay Phi Gay" instead of APhiA since before I was born, too, and I would still be pretty offended if a fictional character said that on a popular tv show. And while rational people KNOW all DZs aren't easy and all Alpha aren't gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) it still threatens the brand of the organization.
Yet and still, your only recourse as a member is to take the complaint to your national leadership and see if they will approach Glee for an apology of some sort.
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I agree. If I were in charge of branding for my GLO, I would be pissed. They took a REAL organization's name, repeated a frequently used negative nickname, and then added the context to make it even worse. Think about how hard our organizations work to debunk the myths of greek life, particularly the "sorostitute" stereotype. We can't do anything about it when shows make up fake sororities/fraternities, but it's a whole 'nother deal when they use a real organization's name.
Glee is a very popular TV show with a young audience that obsesses over its characters, plot lines and performances, and therefore it holds a lot of power when it says or does anything. I hope DZ is all over Glee, Fox and the production company for an apology (at least one on their Facebook page, which has
more than 18 million fans. If I were them I'd also be talking to them about making good by posting a DZ video (I'm sure they have one) on their Facebook page so fans can see what the organization is REALLY all about.
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