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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A white fraternity that traces its roots to the Civil War and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is again facing complaints over its antebellum-themed events.
This time, University of Alabama alumnae are upset after Kappa Alpha Order members wearing Confederate uniforms and carrying battle flags paraded past a historically black sorority as the women celebrated the group's 35th anniversary.
The fraternity has been forced to halt its "Old South" festivities on some campuses because of claims of racial insensitivity, and Alabama members have apologized for pausing in front of Alpha Kappa Alpha's sorority house during this year's parade.
They didn't realize that they were marching in front of a black sorority house? That must be one really big campus...or they all had beer bongs instead of muskets. Insensitivity? That's putting it mildly. Sure, they have a legal right, but sometimes people have to answer to the moral and ethical aspects of the actions they're taking. Don't they?
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A white fraternity that traces its roots to the Civil War and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is again facing complaints over its antebellum-themed events.
This time, University of Alabama alumnae are upset after Kappa Alpha Order members wearing Confederate uniforms and carrying battle flags paraded past a historically black sorority as the women celebrated the group's 35th anniversary.
The fraternity has been forced to halt its "Old South" festivities on some campuses because of claims of racial insensitivity, and Alabama members have apologized for pausing in front of Alpha Kappa Alpha's sorority house during this year's parade.
those white guys did that on purpose b/c they knew that it would make a statement. maybe they wanted the black girls to come take their coats and make them some dinner. i remember a KA party in 1983 where the brother made it a point to tell me that they didn't like to have black ppl inside the house, except for the occasional black basketball player who shot hoops with them and their servants, of course.
I don't agree with what they're doing, but they do (and should) have the right to.
There's no problem in honoring a tradition, but they were definitely insensitive to where they paraded. Not all whites in the south owned slaves. Just off the top of my head(don't quote me on it), it was something like 2/3's of the population did not own slaves.
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