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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

Based on my logic I shouldn't wish to be a part of this country? Are you nuts!? Dude, I'm very proud to be a part of this country, because African Americans took a large part in building it to what it is now. On top of that, this all came with FREE labor too. You could have kept that comment.

Racist past? Huh? Girl, this stuff is still going on today. Rather it's the society we live in or not, judging anyone based on skin color alone is wrong and there's no excuse for that. It's just flat out wrong.
Also, there are still chapters within the NPC and IFC that to this very day have not initiated a black student. So it's still very much present. Again, I wouldn't be able to stop my children from joining outside of the NPHC umbrella group, but if they did, I would be very concerned for their safety and well being. I'm glad African American fraternities and sororities were founded, because if they weren't, then I wouldn't be greek at all, because I wouldn't be a part of an organization that was founded on racist beliefs. We helped in the process of building this country, so I'm proud to be a part of that. We didn't build your glos, we were and still are at some colleges across the country rejected from them for being black.


I think the best thing is for you and I to just agree to disagree.

You wouldn't want your children to be part of an organization you believe was "founded on racist ideals" but you're ok being part of a country that was founded on more racist ideals than any fraternity every could be?

Just as this country was founded with a "white male only" idea of freedom, many of our GLOs were founded with a "white male" then "white female" only idea of brotherhood or sisterhood. Our founders probably did not even consider the fact that a black person would be in college, much less interested in membership. They were products of their times.

Yes, there are members who are still racist. You ignored that part of my comment in your effort to emphasize how it's not all in the past. There are also campuses where not a single black person goes through recruitment (for men or women) because of a percieved bias that isn't necessarily there. Are there chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi that have never initiated a non-black person? A white person? Do you have members who would never accept a white person for membership?

Our society has these divisions in them and Greek life is a cross section of people. You cannot expect every Greek to be this perfect unbiased person.

That said, my sisters were of all colors. They were all supported, they were all loved. There was no distinction made either in their selection or in their membership. Things aren't all the same everywhere.

ETA I don't think I'm ever going to be ok with your mischaracterization of "white" GLOs. So no, I can't in good conscience "agree to disagree." I only hope your children would be able to follow their own heart and not their fathers.