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Originally Posted by brobuzzz
Just a few things I've noticed.
1) If the criteria you are using to label all IFC and NPC groups as "White" or "Historically White" because they were founded at a school during a time when non-whites were not allowed to attend, then talk to me when your group celebrates it's sesquicentennial because until then, you have no valid argument.
2) To look at the statistics of minority representation in IFC/NPC chapters as "this group is <20% non-white, thus it discriminates" is nothing more than manipulating fact to suit your argument. What you should be looking at is a much more complex calculation. Consider this: By race, University of ____ has a minority representation of 40%. At said school, there are 10 IFC chapters, 10 NPC chapters, 10 NPHC sororities, and 10 NPHC fraternities. Each group has a membership of 50 which totals the greek community as 10% of the entire population of the school. (2000 greeks, 20,000 total pop.) For simplicity's sake, lets say all 50 members of all 20 NPHC chapters are black. By those numbers, the minority percantage of greeks is already above the school as a whole even before you take into account the minority percentage of IFC and NPC chapters. So by saying that minorities are under-represented in the greek community because the average minority representation in IFC chapters is only 20% is just plain ignorant.
3) How can anyone define themself with a single characterization? I find this impossible to understand. Likewise, how can you define a fraternity by a single characterization? Did it ever occur to those of you who call IFC groups "white fraternities" that we get offended not because you called us white, but rather that we got offended because you took not only me and my brothers but also every other member of an IFC group and boiled us all down to a single characteristic? My fraternity can be described as nothing but "Theta Chi," and I would ask that you please respect that.
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Who are you directing this at? I'm not sure who said anything like what you mention in #1. As for #2, I think it has been established that MCGLO members
appreciate that NPC/IFC orgs fill a niche different from ours so that our members are truly at home with us. And, #3, you've got shinerbock in here more than implying that he prefers an all-white chapter. Other than that, I'm not going to get into the "historically white org" argument because it leads to name calling. But, I will say that I don't go around here talking about "white fraternities." Have you seen that phrase used excessively in this thread?