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Originally posted by JayBEE!:
Let us go back to visit the original question. If you conducted a step show, would you invite another organization to step as exhibition if they were not a National Pan-Hellenic Council organization?
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In SoCali, not LA, 4 NPHC affiliates worked hard to put on a step show in conjunction with an organization that brought a "Black College Football Classic" back to the state of California. The 4 NPHC affiliate benefited financial from this first show. That following year, because of what seems unclear to this day but is perceived as "shady" business, this organization caused the affiliates to financially suffer severely for 2nd show. After that and following years, to this day, the organization which set up "Black College Football Classic" in the state of California, decided to abscond the hard work and labor the 4 NPHC affiliate did and took all the money for themselves. But little did they know that the NPHC and the affiliates have copyrighted symbols, letters and insignia. These folks didn't realize the NPHC affiliate connections. So there was an all out boycott against this particular step show. Folks attending the show said it completely sucked since no NPHC organization will help sponsor the show...
Just a word of caution, anyone can have a step show but it won't be a "Greek Show" or a "Yard Show". There won't be any NPHC greeks stepping in a show if you override our influences on
ALL movements called steps! What you don't want to do is alienate the HBGLO's from stepping. It would be a big mistake, bad for business, and not a good tactic...
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I'm basically trying to find out if your reason for not inviting is either justified, nose in the air snobbishness, we-can-only-do-it selfishness or even racist.
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It is all of the above. With all the Khametic knowlege you are espousing, how is it racist?
There are reasons why the traditional HBGLO's letters are not Afro-centric to what an Afrocentrist-NOT Afrikan Centered--would want to see... I cannot go into details on this forum. You may email me privately if you want to know more...
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Alpha Phi Omega allowed a black campus to have a chapter of a white founded organization in 1947. Why? Because our society could use an organization just like this one.
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Okay, your point? So what, you are a part of a Europeeon caucasiod based organization. AND? Oh, you want to call yourselves stepping? Like why can't your organization "step" on the "yard"? Hmmmmm. Let's think about that. You said you are a 20 year member of your organization? Did you pledge in the 1970's? Were you on a "line"? What was your number, line name, who was your front and back? How many were on your line? What was one of your names? Did you probate??? How did your line show out during other collegiate events? How
did you pledge?
Stepping started because kidnapped and enslaved Afrikans were not allowed to speak to each other. They were not allowed to play makeshift drums to communicate with each other. So all the ancestors had left was to "step". The slave master thought it was a funny little "jig" that his slaves would do, laughed at it, then got mad when it wouldn't stop. Hence, that is were the repulsion comes from when some folks see "stepping" for the first time--and that is why some NPHC affiliate members do not like the idea of non-BGLO's or any GLO participating in a large public "Step Correct" step show...
Granted the steps have become more innovative as time has gone by, but dancing in Afrikan has spiritual meaning. It is a time to heal and solve problems in relationships. Mimicry does not justify the true Afrikan Centered spirit when done by those who want to look cute. Stepping is a religious event for the NPHC affiliates. And if a non-NPHC BGLO, 20 years or older wishes to be a part of that tradition, then they ought to pay for it!
And don't go there with "get over it", slavery is gone from amerikkklan, 'cuz I need to get reparated to see any changes...
Personally, I don't care if you all have a step show and get a whole bunch of advertisers and sponsors. I think you all will look rather bizarre with no NPHC affiliates in it. But oh well, guess I'm SOL... And really, all I am worried about is rolling blackouts and trying to pay my light bill
[This message has been edited by AKA_Monet (edited May 03, 2001).]