hello everyone
 

Hi everyone
my name is naomi and i am so excited to start my research in preparation for pledging myself to a greek sisterhood. i did have a few questions, just so that I'm not going in, in the dark, and hopefully somebody could answer them for me, and one day i can answer somebody elses questions.

ok my first question is, what is the significance of the number worn on the jackets of the sororities and fraternities.

That's the least of your worries.

Browse the forums to learn about the different organizations and councils. If you're familiar with line jackets, you won't be getting membership questions here. You'll need to talk to members of the organization you're interested in.

For clarification: are you asking about an NPC or an NPHC organization?

You might try using the "search" function here and then come back with your questions.

The second post suggests that it's a non-NPC.

lolz

Some of you all can be so condescending in refusing to answer questions.

naomi19, the numbers on the back of the jackets and shirts are a tracking device that some sororities and fraternities use to track members. They also use cards with membership numbers and are moving toward tattoos behind members' ears or chips inside their shoulders. This is also how they know which members are hazing and should be placed on disciplinary action.

Since you will become a member post-2010, you will likely have a chip on your shoulder.

LOL, I love it! Assuming she'll even become a member.

i broke my tracking device

#renegade

You have been so helpful lately. It's just so great to see this side of you. ;)

I feel as though this will right all of my GC wrongs. Lord help me.

Naomi, all kidding aside, you have some serious research to do. If you are already in college, start by looking at your school's Greek website. If you are still in high school, you might check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...llenic_Council for a little info on the traditionally black sororities, http://www.npcwomen.org/ for the traditionally white sororities, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura...and_sororities for a mixed bag of other, including Asian, Hispanic, Gay & Lesbian, etc.
And then there's the service and professional fraternities...

This is why people started the jokes right away. Your question was far and away too vague. The jackets, as far as I know, are just the NPHC sororities, but if you're asking about sororities, I'd think you mean the historically white sororities, because that's my reality. When you have a smidge more information, come back and then maybe we can help you, but remember, all of these are secret societies so there is a lot of stuff we can't/won't divulge or explain.

No.

This is a very very very strange statement.

Really? We can't just call them NPCs?

That topic again?

NPCs are often called "historically white sororities" in the same manner that NPHC sororities are often called "historically Black sororities."

Some people will like it and others will not.

Her question wasn't vague at all -- context shouts NPHC, or at least non-NPC sororities.

The problem isn't that the question was vague. The problem was that she has a lot more important things to be researching than what the numbers on line jackets mean. And the other problem is that, based on what NPHCers have said over and over, this isn't the place to be doing that research. That's why the jokes started.

Yeah people who are interested in NPC and NIC tend not to ask about line jackets. That's usually one of the first things a superclueless NPHC/MCGLO/LGLO interest asks.

It's not the same manner....the NPHC are and choose to identify themselves that way. Not so with NPC.

Besides, I expect this kind of stuff coming from you, but not from her. NPCers should be trying NOT to identify this way.

Choice or chance, still "historically white sororities."

I am soooo through with you.

We are not secret societies. Why do we keep saying this?

So the NPC are not historically white? Just trying to understand why this is such an issue. For example, I personally don't like being called a "Black Greek" but I know that some people say this and mean it as short for "member of a Black Greek Letter Organization" or even "Black member of a Greek Letter Organization." Either way, even though I don't like it, I can't change the fact that it's true.

Just because it's historically accurate, doesn't make it an appropriate label, ESPECIALLY for a member to use. Many of y'all would throw fits if someone referred to an African American as a Historically Enslaved Person, even though it's historically accurate.

Dumb attempt at an analogy but there are instances where African Americans are called historically enslaved populations; and in some literature sentences sometimes begin with "historically enslaved populations."

No.

I've never been enslaved, so that term would be inappropriate.

The majority of the NIC and NPC organizations are predominately AND historically white, though.

"Historically."

To AlphaFrog's credit, Dubai's post was random and her reference to historically white sororities was true but she could've said "NPC" for the topic. At the same time, we could be typing about apples and orange juice and NPHC orgs would still often be called "historically Black sororities and fraternities" and most people would not care either way.

WOW. You "tried" to go there all because you don't want your org to be called historically white? Really? You might want to explore why. I'm serious.

I know what she was trying to say. "African Americans" could be historically enslaved. "knight_shadow" cannot.

Right.

White privilege.

LOL. There I go trying to give AlphaFrog the benefit of the doubt. I have no idea why. LOL.

Yes, I think that's it as well. It hit me after I posted. We are proud to be historically Black orgs because of our history. Either way, I don't think it's something to get mad over but then I'm not in a non-historically Black org to say.

cool

Also, "historically white sororities" has a negative connotation to some GCers. But to many of us it is not inherently negative. We're just stating what we consider to be obvious.



:D Unless we're blaming white folks for discrimination and social exclusion that impacted college enrollment and GLO membership. :p