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02-22-2012, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Cen1aur 1963
LOL @ this shit. I'd never say anything was stupid about my frat. I hope another Kappa doesn't see this.
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Members and non-members of an organization making sophomoric paraphernalia that does not promote the values and ideals of an organization is stupid. That does not mean the organization is stupid, or that members should not be critical of said paraphernalia.
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02-22-2012, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Cen1aur 1963
LOL @ this shit. I'd never say anything was stupid about my frat. I hope another Kappa doesn't see this.
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Technically he wasn't saying anything was stupid about the frat. Those are just stereotypes, and Kappa Alpha Psi wasn't founded on that.
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02-22-2012, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy
This is stupid and ugly
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This one made me laugh. I've never seen a t-shirt like that. I'll admit, I used to wear paraphernalia similar to the ones you've posted, but that was when I was a neo and through most of college. I stopped wearing the bunny because of the lawsuit. Can you imagine a 60 year old Nupe wearing that t-shirt? LOL.
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03-13-2012, 11:29 AM
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Well, I think this deserves a mention. This is from Phi Mu's official collection, and I've sent a letter asking that it be discontinued immediately.
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03-13-2012, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Well, I think this deserves a mention. This is from Phi Mu's official collection, and I've sent a letter asking that it be discontinued immediately.
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I'm not sure what you dont like about this shirt..... I don't see anything terribly wrong with it, what am i missing?
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03-13-2012, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by PiAlphaGammaFM
I'm not sure what you dont like about this shirt..... I don't see anything terribly wrong with it, what am i missing?
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Ummm...you don't see anything wrong with blackfacing their mascot and calling him "homeboy"?
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03-13-2012, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Ummm...you don't see anything wrong with blackfacing their mascot and calling him "homeboy"?
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I like how they gave him a 5-pointed crown for good measure.
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03-13-2012, 02:43 PM
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I like how they gave him a 5-pointed crown for good measure.
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Actually, it's an 8 point crown. Each of the three in the front have one directly behind that you wouldn't be able to see. That's why ASA's badge confused me at first when they told the NM that it's a 4 point crown...the 4th point is directly behind the middle point.
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03-13-2012, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Ummm...you don't see anything wrong with blackfacing their mascot and calling him "homeboy"?
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Only people who know what the mascot normally looks like will know that it is blackface. I am not one of those people. I too was unsure what was so offensive about the tshirt...mascot + "homeboy" is not the dumbest thing I have seen on tshirts, including things posted in the recruitment pictures thread. I figured that was for the members of whichever GLO to battle out since my nonmember opinion means nothing.
So, yeah, now that I know what it is and whose it is, I feel some kind of way about this being part of Phi Mu's OFFICIAL collection. Phi Mu has some serious explaining to do...and I am being polite.
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03-13-2012, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Only people who know what the mascot normally looks like will know that it is blackface. I am not one of those people. I too was unsure what was so offensive about the tshirt...mascot + "homeboy" is not the dumbest thing I have seen on tshirts, including things posted in the recruitment pictures threads. I figured that was for the members of whichever GLO to battle out since my nonmember opinion means nothing.
So, yeah, now that I know what it is and whose it is, I feel some kind of way about this being part of Phi Mu's OFFICIAL collection. Phi Mu has some serious explaining to do...and I am being polite.
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I've sent e-mails to a bunch of higher-ups, but it's really hard to explain why this is offensive to anyone who can't immediately see that it's offensive (given knowledge of Phi Mu and our mascot).
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03-14-2012, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Well, I think this deserves a mention. This is from Phi Mu's official collection, and I've sent a letter asking that it be discontinued immediately.
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Good lord.
Would Chuck Norris wear this t-shirt? (Well, no. He went Tri-Delt, didn't he? <Now imagining a Poseidon-is-my-homeboy shirt.>)
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03-13-2012, 03:44 PM
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I still dont really get why having the whole design printed in black is offensive... i dont think there is anything racial or deragatory there , its simply a white shirt with black design. homeboy has become slang for white people too and isnt necessarily offensive. would you feel different if the same design was in pink rather than black?
i dont think its really worth getting so worked up over, but what do i know? *shrug*
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03-13-2012, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by PiAlphaGammaFM
I still dont really get why having the whole design printed in black is offensive... i dont think there is anything racial or deragatory there , its simply a white shirt with black design. homeboy has become slang for white people too and isnt necessarily offensive. would you feel different if the same design was in pink rather than black?
i dont think its really worth getting so worked up over, but what do i know? *shrug*
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In pink it would be merely stupid, instead of stupid AND offensive.
Google the history blackface if you still don't get it.
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03-13-2012, 03:54 PM
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FYI -
http://www.jesusismyhomeboy.com/
I don't think the word homeboy and "blackface" are being used in the way some of you are thinking.
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03-13-2012, 04:02 PM
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I think what DeltaBetaBaby put in parentheses is probably key to understanding her reaction to the shirt:
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
. . . it's really hard to explain why this is offensive to anyone who can't immediately see that it's offensive (given knowledge of Phi Mu and our mascot).
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