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Originally posted by OPhiARen3
What I think is odd is that I do probably know more about NPHC groups than NPC groups, and before I came to college I didn't know that NPHC groups existed (I am from one of the whitest placest ever). Maybe because I didn't go to rush, I don't know. But it seems so much more a part of general culture to know about NPHC, even if you aren't in the orgs, that I absorbed a lot of that info, whereas with the NPCs, even hanging around with NPC people, there is still a lot that I don't know. Trying to learn more, though - it's really interesting.
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And I suspect that this is the difference between being black and being white at a college campus. Like I said, I'm not aware of it, because I don't have a single friend in one of the NPHC groups. I suspect the fact that they are forced to be mostly off campus is the major reason for this. If they were on campus I'd see more than the occasional flier.
This may come down to the self-segregating tendancy that everyone has. This is an issue that goes beyond Greek Life and everything but may explain why non-black students are more in the dark about NPHC and why, especially on campuses where NPC is seen as "white-only" (I know it's not, but we all know the perception exists and is perpetuated by people on both sides), non-white people are more in the dark about NPHC and MCGLOs.
The fact that NPHC orgs aren't recognized by a lot of campuses may have something to do with it.