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Originally Posted by Senusret I
It makes me no difference. NPHC doesn't corner the market on words. For many NPHC groups, "crossing the burning sands" is just a phrase in the first place.
When it comes to NPC and NIC Greeks having crossing jackets... so? What's a crossing jacket anyway? I know NPCs and NICs may have nicknames or pledge names, too. Otherwise, why not have a jacket that reps your chapter, season you pledged, etc?
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Agreed. Blacks Greeks can't be myopic about this. We basically took over much of the structure, terminology and traditions of existing GLOs in founding our organizations.If my understanding of history serves me, members of white GLOS gave founders of some of our BGLOs their ritual to help them on their way.And the founders of my fraternity did library research on fraternities to help them when they decided they wanted to form a fraternity. So, in a sense, there has been some interchange of traditions. Similarly, GLOs took over traditions and practices from the literary and debating societies, which in turn drew heavily on practices and traditions in the guilds of scholars of the Middle Ages.There's no place for any hatin' in this game!This is the way it's always been, if you see the big picture.