Things that make you go "hmmmm"

[DSTinguished1]

Hmm funny, cause i know a female at my school that collects Black art, and she had a 8X10 picture of a Delta girl with the letters and all. I tried to tell her that she should take that down because it could be misleading and her response was "I don't plan on pledging Delta, i just like the artwork" I just left it alone but....

What do you all think of this? Just curious

[TheEpitome1920]

Originally posted by DSTinguished1
Hmm funny, cause i know a female at my school that collects Black art, and she had a 8X10 picture of a Delta girl with the letters and all. I tried to tell her that she should take that down because it could be misleading and her response was "I don't plan on pledging Delta, i just like the artwork" I just left it alone but....

What do you all think of this? Just curious

The woman I was orginally referring to had the Delta (woman in the formal gown on the steps) picture in her bathroom. Her bathroom was completely red and white. I also collect Black art but I would never have something that made referrence to an organization I'm not a member of. Unless it was something that all 4 sororities or all 9 organizations. JMHO.

[DSTinguished1]

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
The woman I was orginally referring to had the Delta (woman in the formal gown on the steps) picture in her bathroom. Her bathroom was completely red and white. I also collect Black art but I would never have something that made referrence to an organization I'm not a member of. Unless it was something that all 4 sororities or all 9 organizations. JMHO.

I feel you sistahgreek But i know a lot of non-NPHC members that put up pictures and screensavers of Greek organizations that they are not apart of. I know this one guy who had the Omega Psi Phi crest on his cell phone screensaver, and he was not an Omega! However he told me that one day he aspired to be one. Man some people will never learn.... *discretion*

[wrigley]

Originally posted by SummerChild
In the short time that I've been in my sorority, I have had a couple of experiences that made me go "hmmm."
Once, I had on a baseball cap in the drugstore and a late 20-something AA woman comes up to me and says "Did you go to the chapter meeting. Was it on Saturday or Sunday?" Well, I looked at her real good b/c I thought that maybe she was in my chapter and I just didn't recognize her right away. Then when I determined that she wasn't in the chapter, I asked if she was a member of the sorority - expecting her to say yes since she came up and asked this strange question. She said "no" and informed me that four women at her job were members of the sorority and had been discussing an upcoming chapter meeting. I was further taken aback b/c there is more than one chapter in Chicago and I was wondering why she would ask me this anyway. I was like ????. It was such a weird incident. She just walked away as if she randomly asks members that she has never seen in her life if they attended their chapter meeting all the time.

It was bizarre.
SC

Because I read the thread started by yellowflower, it sounds like the woman you met is perpin(sp?) to her co-workers. Since there are multiple chapters it sounds like she's preparing her lies for the office on Monday. Too bad you didn't get any more information about her, so you could give your sisters a heads up at her job and your alumnae chapters. This woman sounds like she suffers from the same thing yellowflower has I dub the mental illness pseudosororitysisteritis.

As for people being able to have access items to perpetuate this myth, maybe installing a requirement to have proof of membership (initiation number) might limit perp abuse or as in the case of yellowflower(if it's true) a lawsuit for fraud.

[ZPhinestOne]

I have encountered a similar experience. My aunt (by marriage) has a huge DST picture, I believe the one where the women are posing on the letters with the elephant in the background, in her living room that she brought from a black art book. She was actually at one point having black art parties to sell prints. I said to her one day "Oh aunti I dint know you were a Delta?" and she just said "Im not a Delta, I was going to be one though."

I still question it to this day, cause had it been a Zeta print I would have "politely" told her that she needed to take it down ASAP!!

[CasanovaAPQ]

I feel what your all saying, i know of alot of people who have that type of art in there house, but truthfully we really have no right to tell someone not ot have it in there house, i mean yes these are our org and we know we all earned the right to have these letters but if they said no there really isnt anything we can do not unless the org will sue them but i dont think that will ever happen, its like and illegal brother or sister which i know we all come in contact with at one point or another, all you can do is educate these people about what they have in there rooms and if they stil choose to keep it then its on them. With greek art being sold at your local stores its hard to get the message out there.

Casanova
Alpha Phi Omega
Spring 01
Alpha Delta Eta
University at Albany

Whats up ZPhinestOne how you doing good to see someone from my school on here