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03-06-2013, 01:33 PM
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Lawsuit: Sorority Membership a "Human Rights" Issue?
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/b...into-sorority/
Two aspirants of Alpha Kappa Alpha have sued the sorority. They are alledging that since they have not been initiated, their human rights are being violated.
"How is any of this a violation of human rights law? The aspiring sisters say they're being discriminated against because, as legacies, their mothers were also in the sorority. In other words, they're being treated differently because of their "familial status"—a protected class under the D.C. Human Rights Act. In addition to monetary damages, the would-be Alpha Kappa Alphas want the court to grant an injunction putting the pledging process on hold."
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03-06-2013, 01:49 PM
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Really!?
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03-06-2013, 01:55 PM
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When they applied again, they say they were told that they couldn't be accepted because of a cap on new sisters. Much of the lawsuit hinges on this, but the gist is that Cofield and Compton say that, as legacies, they should be among the first to be inducted, and the sorority says there's nothing they can do to get around the cap.
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Thought that was an interesting part of the article.
So It's not that they won't be inducted ever, it's that there are other women being inducted first? Also love that there were hazing allegations, but those aren't a focus.
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03-06-2013, 02:05 PM
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This just highlights how easy it is to file a lawsuit. You can file one literally for anything you want.
Whether your requested relief is granted is a whole 'nother ball game. Assuming the Defendants timely file an Answer, expect it to go nowhere.
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03-06-2013, 07:10 PM
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This just highlights how easy it is to file a lawsuit. You can file one literally for anything you want.
Whether your requested relief is granted is a whole 'nother ball game. Assuming the Defendants timely file an Answer, expect it to go nowhere.
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This.
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03-06-2013, 02:22 PM
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Yeah, of the other NPHC discussions I'm witnessing, these are comments that stick out:
1.I'm sick of these frivolous lawsuits. Even if they manage to sue their way in, what kind of experience will they have as members of the sorority? I'm sure these two are great young women who are deserving of the letters, even outside of the fact that they are legacies. However, I hope this lawsuit does not turn out favorably for them. Can you imagine what it would mean for the rest of us if some court decided that sorority membership is a right? Oh well, I'm sure this will be settled.
2. I thought I was reading the Onion for a second....that's crazy!
3. Human rights violation? they cannot be serious in equating sorority membership status with a human rights violation. overpriviledged and entitlement mentality .... no clue about real human rights issues...
4. Human rights violation? The very utterance insults Black culture as a whole. How does one go from human rights violations being, shot with hoses to attend a better school, to a Ms. HBCU not getting to dress tacky with the other girls.
5. Oh COME ON! Classic 90s baby "I win because I'm me" mentality.
What's funny: that a lawyer took this case.
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03-08-2013, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle
Yeah, of the other NPHC discussions I'm witnessing, these are comments that stick out:
5. Oh COME ON! Classic 90s baby "I win because I'm me" mentality.
What's funny: that a lawyer took this case.
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I'm so torn on the story, with all the information presented. This totally reeks of entitlement issues, but their mothers (and the sorority) perpetuated the entitlement. Based on (if this is true) the Alpha chapter taking other senior legacies over these 2 women within whatever cap they had, it's the strongest supporting evidence that this chapter just doesn't like them. Way to go for AC making their point, even if it means they're in violation of their national protocol.
Related note: i'm so PRO Rashid's Chapterpublican Party, though I'm torn as to who's decision this really was. The bigger question is, why did the membership committee at AC feel it necessary to explain their decisions to these NONMEMBERS? I thought most orgs did it to protect scenarios like this.
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03-12-2013, 12:59 PM
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Their moms definitely seemed to perpetuate it. Lifting this directly out of the complaint:
"That as a direct and proximate cause of Defendant’s breach of contract, Plaintiff is suffering and will continue to suffer irreparable harm in as much as she will never be able to pin her daughter as an initiate of the Alpha Chapter of AKA, the chapter in which she was initiated, nor will she ever be able to share that personal bond of sorority as a Chapter soror which she’d always dreamed of and that was very important to her and her daughter."
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03-12-2013, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin
Their moms definitely seemed to perpetuate it. Lifting this directly out of the complaint:
"That as a direct and proximate cause of Defendant’s breach of contract, Plaintiff is suffering and will continue to suffer irreparable harm in as much as she will never be able to pin her daughter as an initiate of the Alpha Chapter of AKA, the chapter in which she was initiated, nor will she ever be able to share that personal bond of sorority as a Chapter soror which she’d always dreamed of and that was very important to her and her daughter."
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So being a parent of a legacy gets you standing? Interesting theory!
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I wonder what their AKA family members think. I'd be sooo embarrassed.
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03-06-2013, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
I wonder what their AKA family members think. I'd be sooo embarrassed.
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Unless their AKA familiy members are anything like some of our NPC members and became furious that their special snowflakes weren't chosen.
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03-06-2013, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle
Yeah, of the other NPHC discussions I'm witnessing, these are comments that stick out:
1.I'm sick of these frivolous lawsuits. Even if they manage to sue their way in, what kind of experience will they have as members of the sorority? I'm sure these two are great young women who are deserving of the letters, even outside of the fact that they are legacies. However, I hope this lawsuit does not turn out favorably for them. Can you imagine what it would mean for the rest of us if some court decided that sorority membership is a right? Oh well, I'm sure this will be settled.
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My thoughts exactly. Methinks a few exams and/or applications may get "lost in the mail"
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What's funny: that a lawyer took this case.
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He was one of those TV Lawyers, IIRC. Along the lines of "The Texas Hammer" (for my Texas folks)
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I wonder what their AKA family members think. I'd be sooo embarrassed.
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I thought I remembered reading somewhere that their mothers were assisting with this.
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