prettygirl said:
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I mean what are their (whites) real interest in sororities founded for BLACK Women especially since their are some sororities that are mostly "white" women! ...I personally think that we should take pride in what was started for US and not for them.
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I have wondered the same thing. I have never personally met a white woman who belonged to any of the NPHC sororities, but I do know they are out there. I wonder how many of those of you who are NPHC members have met (if not pledged with!) non-black sisters? The few people who claim to have seem to think highly of them.
My personal speculations on
why they would want to join? 1st, they probably identify with many of your ideals (not necessarily those directly related to race, but those in regards to how to live your life, service, etc.)
2cnd, they have probably been very personally touched by race relations in this country, or just that particular BGLO itself. Maybe they are of mixed races, and want us all to learn that while we're different, we can still learn to love these differences. What if when I was growing up I had been an underprivelaged kid, and an NPHC sorority (we'll say AKA for an example) had come around a couple times every year to help out w/ food and clothes and to just spend time with me. I'm sure that I would start to think highly of these women, and if I was lucky enough to make it onto college (given my hypothetical circumstance) I know that AKA would be the first BGLO or GLO I looked for,
regardless of my race, because I would want to give back like those sisters had done for me.
And you
are right, you should take pride in what was started for you (African-American women).
prettygirl said
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I MEAN DAM WE HAVE TO LET THEM IN OUR HBCUS NOW
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This isn't necessarily the topic, but I just want to briefly address it. This is the same kind of thinking that resulted in Jim Crow laws in the early 1900's. It wasn't right then, it isn't right now. And I would imagine that non-blacks who attend HBCU's do so for the same reasons
any of us chose our respective colleges/universities: the department we were interested in has a good reputation, the professors, the class sizes, the location, financial aid, etc.
I think that it's important to have pride in your heritage and your history, no matter who you are. But part of that is being willing to share that with others folks, especially when they're interested.
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