Interesting. I, too, had no clue there was animosity among NPHC groups and APO & GSS. I DON'T think it was because of the racial make-up of the organization. Most of the greeks on the yard when I was in school either had no clue APO is a "white" organization or they did & didn't care. There was a little tension on my campus because of the things dstbrat mentioned. In addition, for whatever reason, some members of the APO chapter (we didn't have a GSS chapter) could not or would not understand why they were not allowed in NPHC meetings.
I didn't mind that they wanted to step, but regarding wearing gold boots, calling themselves a-phi-ques, using a hand sign that was very similar to a Sigma hand sign, being a co-ed fraternity (although the chapter was male) that had female sweethearts, among other things that are readily associated with an NPHC group, gave the impression, to me and others that mentioned it to me, that they were confused. Some spoke out, as RM does, about the elitist attitude of the NPHC groups yet they were emulating some of the things that we did. Sadly, they were brushed off as a joke by the non-greeks and most greeks because of it.
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