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I will post this again, I have a African-American Brother, and the only one who made it through Associate Membership is African-American. I do not care if he is "Black" his blood is red and from now on His Color Is Purple, Green and Gold! He is My Brother! Your Heart is with your Fellow Brothers because you have been down the same road maybe not together but still the same road!

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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)

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Originally posted by MIDWESTDIVA:
I have seen it written here on GC time and time again that only the wealthiest Blacks could afford post secondary education. And these same wealthy Blacks just happened to be light-skinned. If you have seen pictures that prove otherwise, then the preceding statement must be false.

In your research, did you happen to see pictures of the first sorority pledge classes at Spelman?

Sororities were not allowed at Spelman until the mid 70s, so finding pictures of the first pledge classes would not be that hard. I don't have any information about the wealth or lack there of, of Spelman students in the late 1800s, but I do know that these women were older than "normal" school age and were less than 20 years out of slavery. "Wealth" for any former slave at that time was probably non existant.

I see you are quoting greekchatters as "proof" of the status of things. No offense to my fellow greekchatters, but I would strongly suggest, that if this is something that is truly of interest to you, you do your own independant research.

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Originally posted by Eclipse:
Sororities were not allowed at Spelman until the mid 70s, so finding pictures of the first pledge classes would not be that hard. I don't have any information about the wealth or lack there of, of Spelman students in the late 1800s, but I do know that these women were older than "normal" school age and were less than 20 years out of slavery. "Wealth" for any former slave at that time was probably non existant.

I see you are quoting greekchatters as "proof" of the status of things. No offense to my fellow greekchatters, but I would strongly suggest, that if this is something that is truly of interest to you, you do your own independant research.

Paper bag testing really doesn't concern me enough to do any formal research. My relatives that pledged in the late sixties and early seventies say that it did happen and that is proof enough for me. I brought it up to make a point. What really concerns me is the amount of finger pointing that takes place on Greekchat. All of the organizations have excluded some people they probably shouldn't have and they still are. They don't have to explain their reasons for doing so. Why? Because membership has its privileges, or so I've heard. Membership can be denied for any reason, or so I've heard. Any reason can and does include, not being a member of the "right" race, skin color being too dark, etc.

I have seen chapters of certain organizations where all the members are redbone with long hair. Do you think this is a coincidence? Do you think the members represent the look of the student body at large? Do you think that all the women that showed up at rush/tea/informational just happened to all look the same? That all the dark-skinned women just decided to stay home that day? I don't. The fact is, there are some members in ALL organizations doing some dirt. That's why GLOs continue to bring negative media attention upon themselves. If it's not turning nappy headed girls away from debutante balls, it's hazing incidents. Even "our" media has little positive to say about BGLOs. What did IotaNet say about BGLOs not having the panache they once did?

I know this is falling on deaf ears, so I'm finished. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

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Originally posted by MIDWESTDIVA:
Paper bag testing really doesn't concern me enough to do any formal research. My relatives that pledged in the late sixties and early seventies say that it did happen and that is proof enough for me. I brought it up to make a point. What really concerns me is the amount of finger pointing that takes place on Greekchat. All of the organizations have excluded some people they probably shouldn't have and they still are. They don't have to explain their reasons for doing so. Why? Because membership has its privileges, or so I've heard. Membership can be denied for any reason, or so I've heard. Any reason can and does include, not being a member of the "right" race, skin color being too dark, etc.

I have seen chapters of certain organizations where all the members are redbone with long hair. Do you think this is a coincidence? Do you think the members represent the look of the student body at large? Do you think that all the women that showed up at rush/tea/informational just happened to all look the same? That all the dark-skinned women just decided to stay home that day? I don't. The fact is, there are some members in ALL organizations doing some dirt. That's why GLOs continue to bring negative media attention upon themselves. If it's not turning nappy headed girls away from debutante balls, it's hazing incidents. Even "our" media has little positive to say about BGLOs. What did IotaNet say about BGLOs not having the panache they once did?

I know this is falling on deaf ears, so I'm finished. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Why would a black person join a "WGLO" or vice versa? The answer is simple, people join organizations and hang around people that they can relate to, regardless of color. For example, if a black person grew up in a white neighborhood or vice versa. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif