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gopiscrap

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35. yup you're exactly right

Reply to CreekDog (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 11:42 AM

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University of Alabama sororities are racist against blacks [View all] CreekDog Sep 2013 OP

Interesting. Apparently, it was the alums who MineralMan Sep 2013 #1

Then if you're in the Greek system there, get out otherwise gopiscrap Sep 2013 #31

That would be my call, too. MineralMan Sep 2013 #36

Thank you, when I first got to college I looked at the gopiscrap Sep 2013 #40

It's not the students JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #2

So what? jberryhill Sep 2013 #3

So what? JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #4

I am outraged at pay inequality, so are most here CreekDog Sep 2013 #7

I'm incredulous JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #15

I just K and R'd your post. CreekDog Sep 2013 #18

"Goose stepping". Really? CreekDog Sep 2013 #22

First of all... jberryhill Sep 2013 #19

Exactly gopiscrap Sep 2013 #34

i completely agree CreekDog Sep 2013 #6

I agree gopiscrap Sep 2013 #33

it's a problem among students too, don't kid yourself CreekDog Sep 2013 #5

yup you're exactly right gopiscrap Sep 2013 #35

+1000 Sissyk Sep 2013 #8

that poster is wrong though. it is the students to some extent. CreekDog Sep 2013 #10

The poster is not wrong. It's her opinion. Sissyk Sep 2013 #14

an opinion can be wrong and hers saying that the students aren't racist is wrong CreekDog Sep 2013 #16

What? jberryhill Sep 2013 #23

Can I ask you an honest question? Sissyk Sep 2013 #24

I was responding to the person saying "It's not the students" jberryhill Sep 2013 #25

Thanks for answering me! Sissyk Sep 2013 #27

We don't know who is right or wrong. pintobean Sep 2013 #32

wait, are you saying i accused the students who have tried to change this of racism? CreekDog Sep 2013 #41

We don't know how the students voted, btw jberryhill Sep 2013 #21

Yup gopiscrap Sep 2013 #37

Why in the name of all that's sacred would a bright young person of ANY race tularetom Sep 2013 #9

Plus 10000000 JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #12

if you want a good job right out of college ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2013 #13

Well you know the Groucho Marx theory of joining clubs tularetom Sep 2013 #26

times very much have changed ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2013 #43

OMG Yes, thank you gopiscrap Sep 2013 #38

Try to look at it as an 18 year old would, just out from their parents... CreekDog Sep 2013 #49

Good grief! HappyMe Sep 2013 #11

The Barbies! ha! I like. Sissyk Sep 2013 #17

Rosa Parks is a good example of one person stepping up. HappyMe Sep 2013 #20

good for your wife's cousin gopiscrap Sep 2013 #39

I was in an all white fraternity house... oldhippie Sep 2013 #28

Interestingly the number 1 ranked Alabama football team ... GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #29

Bear Bryant's "backdoor" method of eroding the public resistance to black players Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #42

Fucking racist assholes gopiscrap Sep 2013 #30

And malaise Sep 2013 #44

A 4.3 GPA? lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #45

Advanced placement and honors classes get a grade point bonus CreekDog Sep 2013 #50

Usually awarded to kids from wealthy households. I strongly disapprove of the system. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #51

got some statistics to back that up? CreekDog Sep 2013 #52

There are no statistics. YMMV. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #53

competition for what? CreekDog Sep 2013 #54

Competition for attention, for support, and sometimes for those extra grade points. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #55

His Holiness, Pope Francis 1st, rumoured to be Catholic. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2013 #46

Holy crap! treestar Sep 2013 #47

I hate sororities/fraternities. alarimer Sep 2013 #48

You could not pay me to join a sorority. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #56