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The main reason our white counterparts do not have this issue is because they are more diverse with us. You still have segment's of our population whom believe that if you're Black you're "supposed" to be Baptist, whereas we as a people are Catholic, Buddhist, Apostolic, Muslim, JW, Mormon, etc. even some followers of Judaism. When one enters the college environemt and then decides to join a organization for whatever reason we tend to have a close-minded view when it comes to our people and Lettered organizations. WF's have around 200-300 different orgs. to play with and toy with the idea of joining whereas we limit ourselves to a few. Whatever the reason Legacy, Friends + Family, peer pressure or just following the crowd because of a trend. We as BF need to really stop limiting ourselves. It is no reason why people would or should want to join an organization "just because" and the organization not recognizing that this person is not going to follow through on that persons committment ie pledging. I mean NO ONE knows what a person's true intention is but if you can't beat a mug to quit then extend the period to a FULL semester that'll truly weed out any persons taht are not truly committed to the cause. I keep hearing about people going over in weekends and in 2 weeks....WTF can any person learn about a 50- 100 year old org. in 2 weeks- NOTHING!
NAMES AND DATES AND QOUTES DON'T MAKE AN ORGANIZATION- THE PEOPLE DO!!!!!
For all of the "qualified person's" GPA's and community service aren't everything. What is the use of having a large line of people whom hate each other or whom are not even willing to get to know each other on a social and friend level. Just because they're "qualified" on paper don't mean they'll represent the Org. in best light. I have a friend now whom went over one of long a$$ lines now and because she feels so cheated she doesn't wear her perry, attend meetings or anything, she merely sends a check in every year to Nationals and that's it. On the opposite I have a homeboy whom pledged a Org. and so much shiesty stuff happened while he was in school and afterward with the grad chapter he want's nothing to do his org. either.
So to me the large line thing to me is a waste of a person's time because they are not truly obtaining the experience that they were looking for. If I were about to join an org. and they introduce me to 80 sumthing people in a room talking about these will be your LB's I would say "hell Naw" for that particular Chapter has lost the true vision of what their Founders envisioned which is a Unique, Different, Selective organization with a process that eliminates any "Weak Links Amongst the ranks".
Like we say in Groove Phi "Everbody can pledge Groove, but everybody can't be a Groove"
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