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Originally posted by Ice Cold Kreator:
Rain Man...
my concern is primarily with social greek letter orgs...
yes, I would say that they fall in the same category unless black (and people of color) have developed and lead that org on all levels...
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Well, AFAIK, all the non-NPHC orgs I mentioned were black-founded and are black-governed. As a matter of fact, last year quite a few of them formed the National Greek Alliance (NGA), I guess sort of like to have their own NPHC, so to speak.
what do yo mean we don't recruit...that's not true!...we may not do it the same way Sigma Chi does it or Tri-Delta...but we look for viable candidates...and we ask that they seek us out too!
It's kind of different.
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I am not saying that NPHC orgs do not recruit, but to the college world at large, it seems that NPHC recruitment is done in such a nebulous way, it is almost as if such orgs do not want new members. It's kinda like the non-NPHC world sees the NPHC recruitment as "Yeah, we're here. You just gotta find us and tiptoe around the bush to learn how to become one of us." Now I know the ins and outs and the reasons and intricacies of recruitment and membership and intake and whatnot, but many people do not know, add that to the fact that the etiquette involving the process b/t expressing membership interest and being initiated is often given by word of mouth and secondhand info, which is what I think creates a lot of confusion and thus creates a VERY foggy line between the NPHC Greeks and prospectives. Again, because no book has been written to address such (a Black Greek equivalent to the book "From Here to Fraternity" by Robert Egan would be EXCELLENT for starters), to many, the whole Black Greek experience just seems to be too d@mn confusing to deal with. To that effect, I cannot fault those who join White GLOs for that. Now those who just want to assimilate is another story and is beyond the scope of this thread. But rest assured, those interested that want to carry on the light of the BGLO of their choice will do so in due time.
Just my .25
Da Rain Man