cheerKT
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- Dec 13, 2009
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No I totally agree. I don't think it would help much to include her, I just found it coincidentally that they are being slammed for their lack of diversity (which one black girl doesn't change) when the one member I know is a minority. And it's true. People love to get up in arms over whatever they are being told to be up in arms over. Greek life in particular. I can't stand by and proclaim the innocence of Greek organizations, but this is one issue that seems a little forced to me. It doesn't show the chapter in the best light, but if these are the type of girls they are trying to recruit there no point in getting mad about it.I don't think putting one little brown face in their video would have done anything to help their lack of diversity.... it would have been akin to "we're not racist, look at our black friend!"....(which is the role the football player basically played anyway). Even though that would have (possibly) not been their intent, it still would have been perceived that way, realistically given today's social climate.. I'm not saying I see it that way, I'm just pointing out how I know a lot of people would have interpreted it.... in this day and age....in consideration to whats going on...socially. I probably would have drastically changed "who" is in "uproar" over this video, actually.
Not being in that video is probably the best thing shes ever done with her life.....
I'd feel the same way if the AKA's put out a recruitment video (although they wouldn't) and randomly highlighted a white AKA.... doesn't really change the lack of diversity...and it would be obvious of what they were trying to do
And still I say, they knew who they were targeting in that video and who they were trying to appeal to. Whether or not they have "sisters" that fit other molds (black, Asian, plus sized, obviously of latin/hispanic/spanish orgin etc), they opted to leave them at home the day of the video shoot...whether it was deliberate or coincidental, we will never know...and I doubt they will ever tell us... (And for the most part we don't really care because we will find something else to be in uproar about in due time).