Sorority Formal Shirt with Racist Image

[Sororitysock]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

LaneSig, I appreciate your candor and the time you took to respond.

Your explanation highlights what you feel is insensitive, and what you feel is not so insensitive in your experience and past tradition that you feel it necessitates an apology or rejection of your tradition. I get it – not judging – your past (or present) support of past images/mascots did not involve any intention to disrespect a race of people – then or now.

Somewhere a boundary surely exists between what is reasonable, in terms of sensitivity observance, and what may be a tick too far in terms of hyper-sensitive vigilance. As you point out – an image of a savage is different from that of a Seminole.

Which brings me your comment:
I cannot speak for other members, but those comments were clearly in response to mine concerning the anecdote about watermelon at a reception being insensitive, not the image on the t-shirt. There is nothing racist or insensitive about serving watermelon, IMO, even though the AA executive felt differently and chose to allow watermelon to ruin an event held in his honor.

As I indicated in my previous comments, such a reaction to serving watermelon is an example of sensitivity taken a tick too far, and IMO, that was the essence of the watermelon comments which followed. I don’t see anything to be apologetic for there – failure to recognize watermelon, on its own, as racially insensitive, is not a white privilege blind spot.

And I’m not apologetic for that view.

Thanks again – I think we probably agree more than we disagree.

From your position as a longtime University of Alabama sorority member where you were responsible for decades upon decades upon decades of overt institutionalized racism, you have no place to explain to others what racism is an isn't and how those affected should feel.

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by Sororitysock

From your position as a longtime University of Alabama sorority member where you were responsible for decades upon decades upon decades of overt institutionalized racism, you have no place to explain to others what racism is an isn't and how those affected should feel.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by Sororitysock

From your position as a longtime University of Alabama sorority member where you were responsible for decades upon decades upon decades of overt institutionalized racism, you have no place to explain to others what racism is an isn't and how those affected should feel.

While from your position (as what?) you have a place to characterize all longtime sorority members at the UofA as personally responsible for decades of institutionalized racism?