The Alabama Sorority Recruitment Video Thing

[bart_calendar]

You may have heard about the "scandal" involving the Alpha Phi Alabama sorority recruitment video yesterday.If not, here's the summary. The sorority released a video online that contains members of the sorority dancing around wearing clothes clearly designed to show off their legs and boobs. Nearly all of them are bleach blondes. The only black

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[cmcmck]

I have to admit that it bothers me when I think of the racial/social mix I was with at uni even back in the seventies. The UK doesn't do this sort of sorority/fraternity thing I have to admit. And that's before getting into the mix of body shapes, hair colour etc etc...........

And what is it with USians of a certain class and gob crockery anyway?

But no, all that said, I agree with you that it doesn't make bullying acceptable.

[bart_calendar]

Yeah. I mean if a bunch of rich blonde idiots want to live in a house with a bunch of other rich blonde idiots I sort of feel like that's just their thing.

And I don't think bullying hurts them any less simply because they are right wing people. They are still young women - and being young, blonde and pretty probably get a lot of harrassment in the world in general.

[gonzo21]

And harassment in Alabama in particular.

[wherearethebees]

The way you described it ("clothes clearly designed to show off...") I was expecting something skimpier and more scandalous. But all I saw was a video of women in summer clothes with a bikini interlude. So that's an interesting note.

Also, based on the video alone, how do you know they're a bunch of idiots?

[bart_calendar]

I don't think geniuses go to the University of Alabama.

I was charactarizing the clothing the way SWJs were charactarizing the clothing to put things in context.

[franklanguage]

SWJ = ???

[theweaselking]

A typo of "SJW", which stands for "social justice warrior" - a pejorative term used by Men's Rights Activists, neo-Nazis, "race realists", and other kinds of gamergator to describe "anyone who isn't an asshole and thinks other people shouldn't be assholes either".

[nyxalinth]

[howlin_wolf_66]

I think what's gone wrong with the online criticism culture is the lack of 'live and let live'... Something can be not to my taste, without me having to attack it.

[franklanguage]

Well, I discovered that years ago in a "childfree" community on LJ where the people pretty much ganged up on me and laughed me out-"And don't let the door hit you on the ass when you leave!" So I learned I always have to be careful what I say online.

[clevermanka]

I bet there are a lot of sororities colleges out there where athletes are the only black dudes the women have contact with on a regular basis.

Fixed that for you.