Racism: It still does exist - Page 2

KDAngel · #16 07-31-2006, 05:02 AM

So I just stumbled upon this thread when I was looking for something else and it's still so awful to know crap like this goes on. There is actually a fraternity on my campus that openly said they wouldn't have socials with us as long as we had the only african american girl in the NPC system. As soon as she graduated they had NO problems with us. And now another fraternity won't do things because we have the most beautiful and amazing girl from an Iranian or Iraqi background. And our social calendar is beyond full and we're the biggest sorority on campus right now, so it's so far to figure out why people can be so stupid and shallow... it's just sad.

RedefinedDiva · #17 07-31-2006, 09:37 AM

You ladies should flip the script and REFUSE to do activities and programs with THEM because of their ignorance. If you go back to doing stuff with them after the "outcast" is gone, your org. is still condoning their behavior.

Dionysus · #18 07-31-2006, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by KDAngel

So I just stumbled upon this thread when I was looking for something else and it's still so awful to know crap like this goes on. There is actually a fraternity on my campus that openly said they wouldn't have socials with us as long as we had the only african american girl in the NPC system. As soon as she graduated they had NO problems with us. And now another fraternity won't do things because we have the most beautiful and amazing girl from an Iranian or Iraqi background. And our social calendar is beyond full and we're the biggest sorority on campus right now, so it's so far to figure out why people can be so stupid and shallow... it's just sad.

I'm curious to know their reasoning behind this. Did the fraternity worry that the girls would trip, fall, and land on them, making bi-racial babies or something?

pinkies up · #19 07-31-2006, 03:40 PM

Lord, ya'll know I live in Mississippi, home of Good Ole Boy Trent Lott, so this is nothing new to me. However, I think that a lot of things have changed for the better. I'd much rather know if someone is a racist than for them to act like they like me. Soror Maya said it best when she said "When people show you who they are, believe them." As far as mixin' it up and making some bi-racial babies, let 'em go ahead because we turn into some fine people.

Lady of Pearl · #20 07-31-2006, 03:53 PM

Reminds me of the incident when they burned a cross at the University of Alabama many years ago, when Alpha Kappa Alpha got a house on campus.

KDAngel · #21 07-31-2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dionysus

I'm curious to know their reasoning behind this. Did the fraternity worry that the girls would trip, fall, and land on them, making bi-racial babies or something?

Yeah, no clue. And it's funny because I had dated a guy in the fraternity I mentioned most recently having a problem for over 2years and when I asked him about it afterwards he just acted like that's just the way things were and I NEVER would have taken him to be like that before. And I don't even think he is, I just like it was like a shared brain or among all the guys or something. Who knows. Totally stupid though obviously.

Lady of Pearl · #22 07-31-2006, 07:58 PM

So sad, that racism is still alive and thriving on most American Universities and these are supposed to be educated people!

shinerbock · #23 07-31-2006, 09:07 PM

It isn't just universities obviously. Racism is alive and well in every state, in every country. It comes from all sides and effects all people.

DSTRen13 · #24 07-31-2006, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

It isn't just universities obviously. Racism is alive and well in every state, in every country. It comes from all sides and effects all people.

I agree with you on something ... too bad it has to be about something sad

Tucker Carlson · #25 07-31-2006, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkies up

Lord, ya'll know I live in Mississippi, home of Good Ole Boy Trent Lott, so this is nothing new to me. However, I think that a lot of things have changed for the better. I'd much rather know if someone is a racist than for them to act like they like me. Soror Maya said it best when she said "When people show you who they are, believe them." As far as mixin' it up and making some bi-racial babies, let 'em go ahead because we turn into some fine people.

now dont even go there on Trent Lott, i have met trent lott and talked to him and he is a admirable man that actually stands up for what he believes in whats the matter with trying to make a 100 year old man feel better. I dont think it was out of line for him to say that at all. He was just stating the truth, Mississippi voted for Strom Thurman in the election of 1948. And the whole part about us being better off if he was elected, well we might have been - he was a States Rights Democrat. they basically were republicans. They thought the government was over stepping their boundries by telling the states they have to do this or that. The federal government only has the power that is given to them in the constitution and the 10th amendment states says the powers not given to the federal government were given to the states to decide - all he was wanting was for the states to decide for themselves if they wanted to go on with the civil rights act. this type of view would help alot today with abortion, stem cell, gay marriage - let each state decide for themselves b/c its the federal government over stepping their boundries

pinkies up · #26 07-31-2006, 10:13 PM

Blah Blah Blah. Trent Lott is a racist. He was sweating bullets when Tavis Smiley was interviewing him about his remarks. People who describe the serial killers that lived next door describe them as "nice people" too. I live in a state where the disparities are so rampant, many have become desensitized to the entire situation. I think that it's important to remember that more so than race, economic status is a major issue. The sad thing is that if you're poor, a lot of fat cats (lilke Lott) ignore you and your situation; that is until the hurricane wiped out his million dollar home, then he became an advocate.