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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
You are shooting your mouth off about something you have a
selective memory of...sure, there were traditional black fraternitiess in the 20s...were they on predominantly black campi,
and did they have any housing, size or presence?
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Serious questions: Can you and Tom tell me why campi is the plural of campus, as opposed to campuses? To my knowledge, campi has a completely different meaning. Also, are you and Tom the same person or closely related?
By the 1920s, Black Greek Lettered Organizations had been founded on both predominently black and white campuses. The number of members were growing but were still small in comparison to nonhistorically Black GLOs.
Now...what does this really have to do with anything? We know that the "whites only" clause not only excluded Blacks, but other racial and ethnic groups. The addition of the "white Christian males" also excluded nonChristians. No one ever said that Blacks were the only group excluded. The history of race and ethnicity (and religion) in this country is why the exclusion of Blacks from predominently white institutions is so salient. This history (that includes the fact that Blacks were the largest minority group until recent years) is why SOME people are skeptical over an organization like PiKA. Maybe opinions would be different if it was an organization that had a history of civil rights activism and breaking down social barriers.