The insanity found on most campuses has also enveloped UC Irvine, usually one of the saner schools in the county. That was until Phi Gamma Delta, nicknamed the Fijians, hosted a Fiji-themed party. Never mind that many of the students fall under the category "Asian-American Pacific Islander". They are guilty of "Cultural Appropriation".
Now comes forth the UCI student government with one of those resolutions or proclamations, or whatever you call it.
http://www.asuci.uci.edu/legislative/legislations/print.php?cnum=R49-98&gov_branch=ASUCI
"Whereas, the materials included the event title on a background of ocean and palm trees and;"
"Whereas, these actions sanctioned and promoted by the fraternity are egregious acts of cultural appropriation of both the name and culture of the indigenous people of Fiji and; "
It gets better......
5) There is a UN convention of the Rights of Indigenous people that recognizes the need for natives to preserve entities that are endemic to them and this includes their cultures, language, and most importantly EXCLUSIVE OWNERSHIP TO THEIR IDENTITY! What you're doing in your event by using Fiji Islander is committing group identity theft which is subject to legal ramifications under international law.
A violation of international law, be jeezus!!
I'll bet at least half of these people who passed this resolution didn't even know where Fiji was until this happened.
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This is no doubt off-topic, but I need some help from some/all of you intellectuals out there.
I notice the name of the fraternity in question is Phi Gamma Delta, and I seem to recall the sorority mentioned in the recent Santa Barbara shootings was Delta Phi.
We did not have Greek organizations where I went to college, but I have always pronounced Phi as "fie". During the Santa Barbara coverage, I heard several commentators pronounce it as "fee".
Anyone know which is correct??
Elwood,
You are asking the wrong guy. I went to Cal State LA when it was a commuter school and never belonged to a fraternity. Probably would have never been accepted to one anyway.
I've always pronounced it "fie" also.
Whether that's wrong I have no idea.
If I am ever corrected by someone Greek, I'll let you know.
Whoever said "fee" is just as likely to be wrong.
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