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Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE
I think that our organizations may have more in common "behind closed doors" than we like to think. Which is why it bothers me when people assume that "white orgs" aren't "tough" because we don't "pledge" hard. I mean, how would anyone but my brothers and I know what happened in my pledging process?
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Uh...well...okay....
I laughed.
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Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE
Either way, I was more referring to the fact that some cultural orgs make their pledges keep their pledgeship a secret, as opposed to NIC/NPC orgs.
And to Senusret I, there is no fundamental difference between a "line" and a "pledge class." Its just different terms.
But my point was that the fact that these cultural orgs use the terms that NPHC orgs use proves that they "borrow" a lot from the NPHC.
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Well, you were talking about "underground pledging." Although you will find NPHC, IFC, NIC/NPCers who speak openly about their "pledgeship" as it pertains to "underground pledging," this doesn't mean that NPHCers are told to keep it secret whereas NIC/NPCers are not told to do the same.
I agree that cultural orgs borrow a lot from the NPHC because many of them were founded during a time when activities were made more public and therefore more easily copied (without needing an NPHC "mentor" to assist in the building of traditions and practices). But I think there are certain aspects of "underground" that the NPHC perhaps can not (and should not because some of them aren't proud accomplishments) lay claim to that we've been given credit for.