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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Its good to hear you're proud of your group's accomplishments, and they seem to be numerous. That aside, I don't understand why black orgs somehow think that having graduate and alumni chapters in some way makes them superior. I'm glad it works for those groups, but it surely doesn't hinder traditional IFC members from being successful. If you need examples, consider the U.S. House of Representatives, The U.S. Senate, and the President of the United States.
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Superior isn't the word I would use, but there are three reasons:
1) A bulk of our membership comes from graduate intake and a lot of social action occurs at the graduate level. It is expressed to all new initiates that what they are doing with the organization while in college is just the tip of the iceberg. You can find active and financial members of our organizations quite easily once you graduate.
2) Our organizations pride ourselves with being lifetime commitments--this is something that we tell people at informationals and interest meetings.
3) A more socially significant explanation: When minority groups are deemed inferior by the majority for many years, the minority groups often latch onto certain group norms and traditions for which they are proud of. It's their way of reclaiming their place and gaining their own identity without needing the majority to legitimate their existence