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Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
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 Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
Jason Chulack - UC Merced •October 5, 2016
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Students involved in a fraternity or sorority at the University of California Merced have been instructed not to use the terms “Greek,” “rush” or “pledge” because they are “appropriating Greek culture” and are “non-inclusive,” several students told The College Fix.

In particular, they’ve been told:

Replace “Greek Life” with “Fraternity and Sorority Life”

Replace “rush” with “recruitment”

Replace “pledge” with “potential new member”

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/29333/
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2016, 10:34:37 am »
Virtually every word spoken by Americans has been "appropriated" from some other language so what makes "Greek Life" so exceptional it shouldn't be used?  Oooooh!  It's progressive PC at it's worst. ****slapping
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2016, 11:01:48 am »
"Rush" is a Greek word? Mr. Limbaugh might be surprised.
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2016, 05:48:34 pm »
James Madison U. Gives Students Seven Page Guide to Free Speech
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Posted by Aleister      Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 1:30pm

Here’s what you can’t say…
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/James_Madison_University_2.jpeg   

If you need seven pages to describe which types of speech qualify as free speech, aren’t you sending a mixed message? George Orwell would be proud.

The College Fix reports:

    University distributes seven-page speech guide

    ’35 dumb things well-intended people say’ list passed out to James Madison University student orientation leaders

    Student leaders of this year’s freshman orientation at James Madison University were given a list of 35 things they should avoid saying, including phrases such as “you have such a pretty face,” “love the sinner, hate the sin,” “we’re all part of the human race,” “I treat all people the same,” “it was only a joke,” “I never owned slaves,” and “people just need to pick themselves up by their bootstraps,” among other expressions.
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2016, 06:00:09 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on October 05, 2016, 10:34:37 am
Virtually every word spoken by Americans has been "appropriated" from some other language so what makes "Greek Life" so exceptional it shouldn't be used?  Oooooh!  It's progressive PC at it's worst. ****slapping
Yep, our entire language is appropriated. What about when other country's transliterate the word "computer" into their language. Is that cultural appropriation?

I guess we can't accuse people of living a Bohemian lifestyle any more. If you are in Rome don't do as the Romans do, that would be cultural appropriation.

I'm starting to think that all of my dreams of traveling to other lands was just so I could appropriate their culture. 
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2016, 06:05:25 pm »
They don't seem to understand that the whole use of the term 'cultural appropriation' is in itself racist. How exactly do you own a culture and prevent others from not using any part of it?
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2016, 06:18:51 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on October 05, 2016, 06:05:25 pm
They don't seem to understand that the whole use of the term 'cultural appropriation' is in itself racist. How exactly do you own a culture and prevent others from not using any part of it?
So does that mean black women shouldn't straighten their hair anymore?
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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2016, 06:23:03 pm »
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So does that mean black women shouldn't straighten their hair anymore?

To not let them do that would be racist. The rules only apply to whites and especially WASPs.
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
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Quote from: Free Vulcan on October 05, 2016, 06:23:03 pm
To not let them do that would be racist. The rules only apply to whites and especially WASPs.
And let's not forget our culture itself is racist. Darned if you do and darned if you don't.
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Re: Students told not to use term ‘Greek Life’ because of ‘cultural appropriation’
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2016, 06:33:10 pm »
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And let's not forget our culture itself is racist. Darned if you do and darned if you don't.

Although it would be tempting to tell anyone of non-English ancestry that they could no longer use English, because that is cultural appropriation.

That'd really make it hit the fan.
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