[SydneyK]

I hate sharing stories about how ridiculous my thought-process was in my early college days, but sometimes it's appropriate.

When I was a collegian, one of the other sororities on campus hosted a talent show each year as a philanthropy fund-raiser. One year, my roommate and sister (the only African American NPCer on campus at the time) taught us a step routine. We drove her to her wits' end, but she managed to teach us. We did that step routine at the talent show and were received with such mixed reviews. NPC orgs looked at us like we each had two heads; NPHC orgs were extremely supportive. We had anticipated a reception almost exactly opposite of that. We were afraid NPHC would think we were treading on "their" territory.

I was completely unaware of the cultural aspects of what we were doing on stage, and I didn't realize its historical significance, either. I still don't fully understand those things, but at least I recognize that they exist. Still, I was completely oblivious to it at 19. Perhaps the ladies of ZTA approached their routine from the same naieve mind-set. (Not approving what they did, just providing a possible reason for why they did it.)

Swerving back to my lane, now.