Hmm...interesting discussion this is turning out to be!
Sister PrettyPoodle6, I understand what you are saying. That is the problem right there, it's not that the issue is that we step and stroll and everything, I think it's the way we're doing it.
Now I guess I could sit here and talk all day about how those signs and calls are of no disrespect to any of the organizations of the Nine, but I don't think that would help. The issue here is originality. If we used different things that did not look so close then perhaps we would not have problems. Better yet, perhaps if we didn't do it at all, that would solve the problem too.
It's not a secret that neither Alpha Phi Omega or Gamma Sig was founded to be this way, hence DoggyStyle's statement of "return to your roots and purpose instead of copying the NPHC". I ask, so if it's not practiced by the majority of the organization, then it should not be done? I can list other organizations that were not founded by African-Americans that do the same thing we do. True, not every chapter in GSS is the same as my chapter, but that doesn't mean that I can't still do it. The roots and purpose of my sorority is service, friendship and equality and I adhere to those. I feel where you're coming from, but I had to disagree on that.
The thing that I'm seeing is that it really depends on the campus and the greeks there...because my chapter has not had any altercations with any of the greeks on campus (other than being called out at a probate) and we're generally respected overall. Yes, we still get looks, but you learn to get past that and focus on what you should be doing and that is service to the community.
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