MIAKA - Men Interested in being AKA's
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As a blogger the oddity of it all is just so bizarre I’ve got to look. This is a little beyond my scope. BUT!! If any MIAKA out there wants to give an interview . . . Come on, I just got used to men holding hands and kissing. What the fuck is going on?
I need a time out. Somebody stop the world I need to get off. I’m not trying to trip. Just somebody tell me what’s going on? Why take over AKA’s tradition? Why not start your own Greek organization? Is there some deeper meaning? Is there some need for recognition or fulfillment that this serves that can’t be met in any other way? Why destroy something that doesn’t belong to you? Tell me cause I don’t get it. Please, somebody help me understand. So all of my brethren that are out there – let a brother know what’s going on. Video
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What's a "probate show"?
Inquiring minds want to know.
No authoritarians were tortured in the writing of this post.
It's When
you introduce the new pledges that have just been made.
Like "on probation"?
When I hear "probate," I think of wills and estates, so it seemed very weird.
No authoritarians were tortured in the writing of this post.
What in the world?
First of all Maya Angelou is an Alpha Kappa Alpha woman. Don't get it twisted. No one allowed these men (and I use that term loosly) to pledge AKA. They are not real. They are dilusional. I'm not hating on gay people. I have gay friends. None of them would ever think of invading on what others have worked so hard to establish. For those that think black greek letter organizations are plantation don't realize how much members of these organizations had to do with the freedoms black people enjoy today. Where would we have been without the Alpha, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or his wife who was an AKA? Where would we be with out Rosa Parks and AKA or Thurgood Marshall an Alpha? Don't criticize what you don't understand. All black greek letter organizations have gay members. That is a fact. Don't sleep Deltas!! I have already heard of men trying to come into your organization as well. But I guess its hard for you to notice.
why the hate?
I was agreeing with comments of previous persons whose intents were to provide information regarding the outstanding service that BGLO's provide to society and its members. But then, a person that I am supposing is an AKA made some disparaging remarks regarding Deltas... whoa! I thought we were all on the same side here! You said something to the extent that we wouldn't recognize the difference between a man and a woman if a man tried to infiltrate our organization. What is that about? That is the kind of envy-spewed anger that leads to separation. Try a unified approach-- this may not have happened to you in the first place!
You have apprentice, then journeyman, then
master...perhaps "pro" is the next step after that?
For "bating" I mean.
You don't see "journeymanbating" very often but it's probably become obsolete with the decline of craft tradition. Who knows what old words these secret societies hang on to though. I consider the Greek system a lot of exclusionist tommyrot myself, right up there with the Masons and their secret handshakes 'n' shit. Although the Odd Fellows at least have the advantage of a cool name.
(Why yes, I have been drinking. Why do you ask?)
news flash to all our greek friends:
it is not being in the organization that makes a person great, it is that the person is great and part of an organization, which may later share in some of that greatness.
there are many, many great heroes, african american and otherwise, who did not join an exclusive organization. indeed, even those who did join were often exceptional people before they pledged.
to make the false analysis that the organization is responsible for the greatness of a person is to prove my point. "mystique" is an intangible, but action moves the world. and the world could do with more action, and less concern over the sanctity of mystique. so i ask you: while you're sitting here defending the holiness of your organizations, how many new voters has that organization registered today? how many people has it lifted out of poverty? how many drug war victims has it freed? how many aids victims has it succored?
i have long given the black greek system credit for being more active in charities than their white counterparts. but i see that i may have to reevaluate that belief. if i didn't know better, i'd think that Folks were more concerned with maintaining ideological fictions that separate us from each other, than acting in unity for change.
Try this!
I'm outraged about the revealing of the MIAKA's. Why not form an organization based on your own opinions and ideas, that express what you stand for. Stealing another organization ideas, and making them your own, doesn't make a statement about who you are. ALPHA KAPPA ALPA SORORITY, INC, is a prestigous organization, founded for reasons other than, fame and glamour, and that is what I feel you are seeking by imitating this sorority. So try again, change everything about your organization, and invent your own. Your not men interested in AKA, your men with a lost purpose and idenity, trying to seek your own by imitiating another. Get it together! You can't create something that has already been created, nor can you make it better, only the real WOMEN of ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, can accomplish that.
Thank You and God Bless.
MOVE ON
I read other blogs where a Miaka actually spoke out, the information I got from it was that the Miaka (Men Interested in AKA) were "sweethearts" to AKA as the SigmaGammaRomeos, or DeltaJents were. It so happened that some of these men are homosexuals. MIAKA's were not just founded yesterday, they have been around for over ten years. Its unfortunate for some of you that the word got out to the public.
So what is the major problem? I thought that the greek lettered organization was focused on uplifting the community; so what is the obsession with the colors and the material aspects of the org. Miaka's were not trying to emulate anything. I am a member of an organization (non-greek at that) because I know my history and I know about the stolen legacy, however I am not discrediting Greek-lettered orgs.
I say let your National office handle this issue. It is true that everyone is entitled to their own opinion but talking about it is only going to publicize the matter even more.
I will not be back on to this site to read comments about my opinion but feel to respond as you are speaking of an issue that is out of your hands. MOVE FORWARD.
Wow-Sad
I look at this entire blog/thread and see an example of what the world is coming to. Pretty soon man/woman couples will be the minority and children will be brought into the world by invitro. Men with men, women with women...and now a gay male sorofrat...wow! Sad!
Anti-christ come on down...it's about your time to show up because we are headed straight to hades in a basket with holes in it wearing gasoline undies. The world might as well just blow up right now because life is getting really stupid!
New information
I was just reading on another blog:
http://www.stophazing.org/cgi-bin/ultima...
And according to one gentleman on there (straight guy)who pledged MIAKA in the late 80s from Morgan State, the information given here and now is way off base. So it looks like these new folks have gone left on two different organizations.
Interesting.....
DISSAPPOINTED
as someone who looks up to greeks and is hoping to join the ranks one day... this is disappointing. i read all these blogs and i can not believe that you guys are dissing each other instead of focusing on the issue. these gentlemen are not wrong for LOOKING UP to AKA's. that sorority has many beautiful role models that we all should be proud of (outside of what organization they are members of). they are wrong because this organization along with the rest of the devine 9 has rules and regulations that should be respected. if the rules did not work then they wouldnt be such great organizations and this wouldnt be a blog. these men should have started their own instead of invading. how would they like it if there were a gay greek organization that was tooken very seriously and straight men dressed in drag and mocked them (wearing their color, making their calls, throwing up their signs) its a slap because being greek means so much more then that. are these young men upholding the principles of aka or are they just being "surface scratchers"?
o yeah, that whole thing about plantations. stop trying to be slaves. thid has nothing to with it. greek organizations are a great form of networking. if they are colts then every organization that allows you to bond and networ are colts. do you not get privlages for being in sga or a dance team or sports team. what about when you tryout? everyonr cant mae the football team, only the best. same rules apply to greeks. stop hatin because like it was said earlier members of these organizations have paved the way in all aspects of life....
"only the best"
that's a good one, anon. here's a hint: work on your spelling before you rush, because you're clearly not "the best" at it. of course, good spelling may not be a quality greeks are looking for, so i could be wrong...
This cannot be tooken very seriously
With all due respect to somebody who ignores all rules of capitalization, punctuation and grammar, not to mention the extremely minor request to pick a username rather than post anonymously, this individual had better not be closer to college age than, oh, sixth grade or so:
...a gay greek organization that was tooken very seriously ....
(shudders and hangs head in depression at Da State Of R Utes Today.)
Maybe it's just that I went to night school...
... but I'm simply amazed that the topic of fraternities and sororities has become one of the most galvanizing topics I've ever seen here.
What gives?
www.vastleft.com
the problem is one of class, conflated by racism
racism remains in our society, and continues to deny opportunity and advancement for minorities. racism is the reason for the creation of organizations like the black greek system, in recognition of the fact that certain opportunities are given only to members, "membership has its privileges."
and so the black middle class was born, and has risen to occupy a comfortable place in society, which while still racist, offers slightly better treatment to minorities who can ape and fit in with the social conventions of the white majority middle class. but as is common to many movements, those of us who have gotten ahead have left many behind, and lost our focus on the original message.
and so too many black folks today think that a homophobic church is more important than the message of christ, or that a black greek organization is a sacred institution that can never be mocked or criticised. too many of us believe that the "fight" should be for places in mcmansion suburbs, or middle managment positions in corporations. never mind that far too many of us languish more deeply in oppressive, police-state ghettos than ever before, or that the forces which still oppress us all benefit when homophobia is used to split our vote.
as i said earlier, like organizations like the NAACP, middle class black institutions have fallen far away from the glory days of the civil rights movement. "image" awards and checks from corporations are what too many of us concern ourselves with. hence, the strong and rather unminded critique of a post that began in all innocuousness. this is a sore spot that many black americans would rather not be pressed.
What?!
I am truely at a loss for words.
Be prepared
Be prepared for a lawsuit, cocky muthafuckas!
Don't forget
A healthy dose of repressed homosexuality.
Will you all please stop with "They do so much good." They provide enough money to pay for books and give selfish, self absorbed undergrads and lonely adolescent post grads a sense of belonging. The NAACP was/is the support wing for liberal white interest. They throw a hell of a party. But please name a significant campaign that they are responsible for aside from scholarships. Are there any NAACP, AKA, AphiA, Q psi phi, etc. endowed chairs? Any research institutes? Any global reach organizations?
Understanding and also not shocked !!!!!!!
I have read all comments and came to a conclusion that the black community will never come togetheir. I dont blame the Ground level AKA's being fearious, shameful, and on the breaking edge of letting loose. This type of issue cannot be ignored. The black gay community have been doing this type of events for ever. We can't down grade these males cause of their character, however for their actions. These males did not just wake up one mourning and became upon the aka history on their own. It all goes back to the horse mouth, the right hand man an Alpha Kappa Alpah sorority sister herself. Over reading the bylaws and ritiual guidlines of a divine 9 greek letter organization, it states to keep the bond of your knoweledge to yourself and your members. We all break rules, Most greeks been kicked of their yards for not following their chapter bylaws and institution guidlines. Okay Black community this is a instant fuck up, lol, we can get pass this. These guys in the picture I am sure have been humiliated enough. Why can't we come togetheir and be watchful for our actions and not let something like this happen again.
A damn disgrace
This really bothers me that these punks are doing this to my sorority. Why you he-she could not have gone and established your own. Why use AKA. Not saying use another sorority but started your own. I hope you all don't show up at ANY of our fuctions because it want be nice. Whats done is done and there is no way to change it. WHY?????????
Male AKA's
Dumbasses! Imitation is the highest form of flattery. The fact is that these guys are actually authenic and creative; and besides they performed only an artform --drag , which subverts our notions of gender and roles binary construct--male/female.Besides all of the fraternities and sororities have gays that satirizes and parodies themselves and others. Actually fraternities and sororities, despite their noble mottoes and charters, fail to invest most members with any endearing qualities but instead divest them of much humanity by their snobbery and elitism. PBS
LOL
yall betta WORK, yes MAMA!
Don't be mad
'Twan.
"drag , which subverts our notions of gender and roles binary construct—male/female."
That's right, let's gender bend our way to a reach around understanding.
Can't we all just get along.
What I want to see are the lesbian Ques.
Not Flattering
I understand these young men in their desire to be AKAs, why not strive for the best, but there is no reason for them to be pseudo-AKAs. This is not a gay vs. straight issue. This is an issue about disrespect.
There ARE fraternities out there specifically geared towards gay men. Why didn't they just charter a chapter at their school? Ok, maybe they wanted to belong to a predominately black greek organization for gay men, then they should found their own. They should try to be trailblazers (visionaries) and make an organization that is founded on the principles and the teachings that they want. Instead they have totally disrespected an organization that means alot to thousands of African American women across the world, and at the same time made themselves seem like stereotypical faggots and foolish.
Oh and I just have to say to those who say that BGLO discriminate against homosexuals I know at least one gay/lesbian person in each of the Divine Nine (who were initiated at HBCUs). I myself am one of them, so don't go passing judgements on organizations when you don't know anything about them!
*side note* if they wanted to be AKAs because of the whole "ultra femme", "I'm too cute" mystique and were too lazy to start their own organization, they could have tried Kappa Alpha Psi (nupes don't get mad), not to perpetuate a stereotype but they are about as close to AKAs, that a man can be (at least at certain chapters).
Not Flattering (edit)
To adjust my last statement about the Kappas. I meant that if these men wanted to be AKAs based on the stereotype of what an AKA is and how the outside world perceives AKAs and Nupes. No I don't believe all Kappas see themselves as pretty boys, nor are all (or even most) of them femme, but I was just meant that if they were trying to go for the stereotypes instead of the actual missions and contents of the organizations, then Kappas have the closest stereotype to the AKAs for men.
Very Interesting
As a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Inc. I believe this is very flattering that men considered mocking our organization....But this is just not right... I not disagreeing with such concept by far because it is their but it is very interesting. There is nothing that we can do but talk about. FYI none of these men are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and will never be
there are requirment to
there are requirment to join any frat and any soroity sexual orientation is not one of them, but gender is so I don't see how this could happen
AS A MAN OF PHI KAPPA PSI
AS A MAN OF PHI KAPPA PSI THIS IS VERY MUCH SO DIRESPECT IF IT WAS MY SORORITIE IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE ITS NOT AS REALLY MUCH GAYS LVS STRIGHT ITS ABOUT RESECPT
This MIAKA mess
ALL I GOT TO SAY IS YALL Miaka are a mess,, you have been twisted and warped by satan and allowed a spirit to come in and allow you to thinkg that BEING GAY IS OK!!!! I just hope that you guys soon are delivered from that TRASH !!!! GOD CREATED ADAM AND EVE NOT ADAM AND STEVE..... YOU WERE NOT BORN THIS WAY AND THIS WAS NOT WHAT GOD HAD IN STORE FOR YOU NEITHER IS IT YOUR CALLING!!!! WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO BE SUCCESSFUL BLACK MEN AND IM SURE THAT MORE THAN HAVE OF YOU WERE RAISED IN THE CHURCH..... BOY DONT YOU GUYS MAKE YOUR MOTHERS PROUD
Want to join
how do I join the AKA for man
Want to Join
Ya'll are doing ya'll thing......Bump what everyone else has to say about the situation....Hell you have alot of gay males who would like the information on how to join something like this.....How do I apply?
I am a member of a black
I am a member of a black greek letter organization and I am somewhat disturbed about what I read here. So I want to make some things clear:
First of all I want to make it clear that black greeks that joined as undergraduates are student first. If you don't have the grades,then you cannot participate. I am an Senior Pre-Pharmacy student and I have to maintain my gpa to not only keep my full four year scholarship, but also to be active in my chapter. I study hard and I work hard for my organization, which does a lot of community service (ex: Reading and Tutoring children of all ages, helping to support a black family in our communtiy, being a mentor for young girls, initiating programs to usher more black males into college, and the list goes on). I do all of these things, sometime planning programs at the same time, as well as maintaining my grades, working a intership, working a job, and holding other leadership positions on my campus. I can speak the same of my sisters (in my chapter).
Secondly: We do not want people to assume that we are all alike (black people), so therefore you shouldn't assume that all black greeks are alike. I can't speak for every organization, but I know that the one that I belong to is constantly focusing on how we can do our part in uplifting our people and seeing them succeed. We do service, not expecting any recognition or media attention. The only time people seem to pay any attention to Greeks,black or white, is when someone is in the spotlight for hazing. Itis no one persons fault, but the people who commited acts of hazing considering that they did it against the organizations rules.
Thirdly: To be mad at a whole organization for your bad experience with not even a fourth of the organization is juvenile. Thats like someone being upset at every single gay person because they had one bad experience with one. Not all gay people are the same...duh. Which leads me to my fourth point...
My beautiful twin sister is gay as well as my brother and I love them both dearly. However, sororities are for women (which may I add that my sister is a black greek) and fraternities are for men. That is that. As far as excluding people for the color of thier skin, weight, etc. It happens, I can't say it doesn't, but it is not the overall opinion of the whole sorority. If you ever go to different campuses you may see different kinds of Delta's, AKA's, Zeta's, and SGRho's. For my chapter, I am the only fair skin sister, the rest of my sisters are beautiful, inside and out, and are differnt shades of brown to black.
Lastly...there are many wrongs in this world, so if you are critizing someone for what you think they are not doing, then ask yourself what you are doing to alleviat the problem. I don't mean monitarily, I mean going out their and giving your time and energy to someone that really needs it. Be the change that you want to see.
ho ho ho, anon
To call your self a BLACK GREEK is an oxymoron but, maybe i’m only person who knows the truth.
hahahahah, ho hoho. please, stop. i never thought my mid level grad school classes could seem so funny-making...oh, gasp, lol...
HELL NO MEN CAN'T BE AKA'S!
What in the hell is this argument about there will never be male AKA's never!!! For you liberalists out there chill the fuck out you can't have every damn thing especially my SORORity!!! Some of you that are commenting about this "plantation" foolishness have no clue to your own heritage or maybe you were denied or dropped from a black greek letter organization. Put yourself in OUR shoes or maybe you can't because you have no idea on who you really are!!!
AKA for life pledged Savannah State University a HBCU!
"LOVE is my airbag"???
Oh my. I was about to hit the override button and mark this as spam, because we just don't need random ramblings of religious nutsos cluttering our comment threads. But this is too funny to kill.
And of course it's always funny to be lectured, hectored and condescended to by people who claim to be in intimate touch with the Infinite Creator of the Universe who not only don't have balls enough to use a name, but cannot spell their presumably native language either.
Thanks Anon, a good laugh is a rare and refreshing thing in these dark days. :)
Did you say...Random Ramblings or religious nutsos?
It's ok for gays to put on public display of their beliefs in every arena of life but when the Christain Community wants to display THE truth according to the Word of GOD, we are targeted as haters. But most of what I've read so far is the true haters come out against the followers of GOD for expressing our beliefs.
As the person said before me GOD is GOD and GOD is love. HE loves gays as he loves heterosexuals. It's the sin of homosexuality that is an abomination to GOD and HIS believers. If GOD did not love you, HE would not have given you HIS Word as Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
I don't beleive this is about being gay or straight but this and life should be about living our lives in the order in which GOD inteneded it to be. "I was born this way." perhaps you were born "that way" but you were not created "that way". God created us all in HIS likeness and HIS image. These gentlemen should really begin to crucify their flesh and get on their knees (for prayer that is) and ask GOD to show them the direction that HE would have them to go.
Be Blessed
Mrs. Pinks
Believe God is Love or He'll Smite You
Of course.
Cthulhu loves you, too. With a little barbeque sauce.
No Hell below us
Above us, only sky
OK
The God shit is really a little freaky. I mean damn, it's straight out of Sinners in the hands of an angry god or whatever.
jesus speaks to the issue of pork? ???
um, does he say it should be crispy? or that less of it should go to republican districts?
and i really like "liberalists." i think i'm going to use that one from now on. thanks, U. and i know this may be hard for U to understand, but some of us really don't give a shit about a society of college students and their "sacred" rituals. there is power, and there is distraction, and eventually you'll see that the lines of power care little for tradition. but i'm glad it means so much to you and i wish you well with it.
Real Talk
Its a shame that even with all the social issue, economic downfalls and injustices we has people of color suffer, this is what nominal educated brothers decide to portray. Homosexual or not, we as people have bigger issues than exacerbating meager issues such as this. Lets look at intent, what did this accomplish?
Let us move forward and focus on worthy issues like, eradicating financial illiteracy and promoting education in our community. Leave traducers to live their meager existence. So how are you tackling such endeavors???
They need thay damn ass
They need thay damn ass whooped!
Are you fucking kidding me?!
"The one correction is that Maya Angelou is an AKA not a Delta"
With all the things that have been said you want to harp on which organization Maya Angelou belongs to?!!
This is what a memeber of AKA Inc. has to contribute to the conversation.
Some Of You Still Take Pride In Your Slave Mentality!!!!!!!
WOW.
Although the MIAKA's are quite shooking and maybe a little disrepectful to the legacy, I have to say that I am even more apalled with the reactions displayed in many of the comments.
"black folks need to stop imitating the old white plantation system. that’s basically what frats and sororities are all about. light skinned, thin, pretty, fecund, “proper” young women aligned with the “leadership” class of black men, who just happen to be already more likely to come from a black middle class that has more or less walked away from the black working class these days."
Do black people STILL think that improving yourself academically, socially, and financially is "acting white" hahahahahahahaha
This is by far one of the most ignorant comments I have ever heard! Black Greek organizations were formed to empower the leaders of tomorrow on college campuses across the US and around the world, to create networks and connections. Women like Coretta Scott King(AKA) and men like Martin Luther King, Jr(Alpha) were apart of this legacy. They don't only put together great social events but a lot of their time is dedicated to volunteer work.You don't have to look the part, you have to be the part and make the grades!!!!!!!
OMG...how disrespectful of the people who made comments like that! You can't even respect highly educated black students that are not only dedicated students but helpful individuals.
You people should be proud of Black Greeks for setting the bar so high for black people and proving that we can be great too.
How ridiculous of you all to think otherwise!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Signed,
An Educated and Proud Black Women
i make the same critique of all greek organizations, ms truth
as well as all purely social organizations that posit membership makes a person "better" than others. rushing, pledging, dancing, doing some charity work, having parties, networking- these are social acts, some important and some not, but they have little to do with the integrity or intellect or compassion in a person.
exclusivity bothers me, as i believe it should bother all people, and especially people of color. once, we were excluded by law from many things, and this kept us from receiving our constitutionally protected rights. today, there is a growing black underclass, left behind by government, forgotten by our black leadership, and oppressed like never before. it's easy, when you're a middle class person, to forget that many still live in conditions that are as bad as in the jim crow days.
for those of you who stop by in support of greek organization, i invite you to post on how those organizations have significantly alleviated the poverty and oppression of members of the black underclass. screaming and shouting about 'respect' is not very impressive, intellectually or argumentively.
Response To Chicago Dyke...
The correlation between Black Greeks and uplifting an entire race isn't a very logical nor a substantial argument. I am from Detroit,MI, one of the countries most violent urban citites. The mentality that pleagues many african americans can not be changed through a few college organizations nor can it be changed over night. It is a process that has to start at the root of the issue. The funny thing is that when people aren't doing anything they're complaining about it but when people do something or as much as they can you're never satisfied. When will black people stop complaining and start changing.
I know what it's like to not have anything,no house, no food, no car, and no strong support system to keep me above water. But that didn't stop me from getting an education and networking with respectable organizations that would allow me to meet people who can help change not only the black mentality but the country.Soooo many successful african american greeks have done tremendous work in an effort to change the world.Like Alicia Keys and Jada Pinkett-Smith to name a few.
College students aren't rich enough to change the world anyway. They don't even have a career yet and the majority of their time is spent studying and working. How much do you expect from these young adults? But you can not argue the fact that many black greek memeber have not done something to promote to change!
Just because all you see is dancing and people yelling about "respect" that does not mean that's all they do. The sorors and frats on our campus set up many open-session through out the year about financing, hygiene, relationship, education, poverty, and diseases. I must ask you a single question...What do you do for the black community in comparison to Black Greeks? ...I have to know because black people have a tendency of being hypocrits!!
mrs. truth, thanks for responding
i see several problems with what you are arguing, as well as a lack of response to my points about membership in a selective, exclusive organization.
your first post mentioned, several times, that greek organizations are "more" than just for socializing, and you directly associated the activism of MLK with a fraternity he was part of. but then you go on to say that "college students" can't be expected to save the world by themselves. MLK did much of his great work after college, so i assume AKA members could do the same, should they choose. i don't doubt that many grads and AKA members dedicate their lives to serving and improving the black community. i also know for a fact that many AKAs are busy working their way up the corporate ladder, and have little time or concern for poor black folks.
like any organization, the black greek system is filled with diverse people; some dedicated to social justice, some who fail in life miserably at everything they try, some who are greedy and self serving, probably even some who vote republican. that's my point: membership in the organization tells me little about the caliber of the person or their commitment to improving the lives of all african americans. to claim that all black greeks are "special" is just silly to me, like saying everyone from detroit is more intelligent than those from chicago, or that everyone from an AME church is more compassionate than non-church goers. the facts don't support that.
you didn't quite call me a hypocrite, so i won't take offense at your suggestion that "some" blackfolks don't do enough for the community. my more recent forays into service have included free tutoring for poor urban children, free consulting with african american political organizations, and sharing the space on this blog in the service of actions led by black organization concerned with media and politics. i'm satisfied with my contribution, and consider writing here to be part of the greater effort to raise awareness. again, i thank you for taking part in the discussion, and helping to elucidate that there is still a long way for all of us to go.
and 5000 hits later i'm just going to say it. i am a very poor speller, but if many of the comments here are coming from african-american folk, clearly our community has a bigger problem than just me. c'mon people, use the dictionary. blog comments are "fo evah."
Okay...
I completely understand your point of view. It didn't come across that clear with your first post. I must also add that the reason behind me using MLK as an example was to support my statement that some Black Greeks grow up and do great things. I never stated that all Black Greeks were successful or "better" but their retention rate is pretty successful in comparison to african americans overall.
Also you have to put into consideration how Black Greeks were founded. They were founded by african americans who were battling against segregation and civil rights. As blacks that were attending prestigious universitites and desperately needed to form organizations that were simular to support systems, something for them only. An organization where the people who want to be great can come together and be leaders.
Even if it doesn't seem like thats what they stand for today, that's the legacy that they are trying to follow. And just like any other pretigious organization, only a selected few are chosen. Certain universities only want certain type of students, certain dance teams only want certain type of dancers, certain companies want employees with certain type of credentials and certain greeks want certain type of members. That's life...
Thanx for having a very well manored disagreement!
Ya'll on some ole bullshit
You are a pitiful disgrace to your people. Do us all a favor and kill yourself quickly.
MIAKA
First of all people, if any of you were about the teaching of the father above, you would understand religion is about love and peace and it has been hijacked by evil "doers". I find it amazing that the "opressed" take on the role of the oppressor. The gay MIAKA's, Sigma Gamma Rho Romeos and the Delta Gents have been around since the 40's starting at Howard University, Hampton and Morehouse College from the states of New York to the entire southern belt. They are an underground society emulating the teachings of the founders to support each other during a time when one is discriminated against by mainstream society. Gay men are shunned and forced to go underground and this is their support system amongst those who are college educated. However not all of these subset groups are homosexuals. Many of the MIAKA's really do like women.
"Comment just kill yourself"
Can you imagine God the almighty of love and peace and creation would condemn a man to death due to his sexual orientation - I beleive Jesus reached out to Mary Magdalene and didn't call upon her to be an abomination.
These are individuals forming bonds and they are not hurting any of you - so let them do their thing and concentrate on the humanity of our race.