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Originally Posted by phantomreaper
I apologize for responding in caps lock. This is nostalgic because as a college freshman I was introducted into Groove Phi Groove by a member who took his personal time to welcome new freshman and to give them info on the school and its inner workings before actually arriving at campus. Its funny because this was one of the first sites that popped up when I was searching for more information on Groove and that's when I decided to respond. But Now I am officially a brother and didn't even think I would arrive back here. Anyway its a shame that you guys can't look at what your writing and see how rude you are acting. My point is you can't knock down someone history if you cant even prove its wrong. None of you have lived through that time to say with a fact that the history is wrong. I always say that all these things in these books can be false and the only truth is within the one who lived the experiences. The history books we have her say something totally different in France or another country. and Dr Phil i dont know if what you said about that Groove was you downplaying Groove Phi Groove but I want you to know our members are not perfect and even though we try to chose the best sometimes a little less slips through. And as far as distancing ourselves: Our history may be different and our knowledge and perception but that does not mean we are removing ourselves away from any other organization. We all are similar by the fact that we are here to serve the community and uplift our youth however we are not one organization but many who have different qualities and origins and that is what makes us different. We are a fellowship but have many of the tendencies BGLO's have but that does not mean we are posers or copying. I dont know whether you feel you created lines and stepping but I know that we identify it with our african heritage so please dont knock us for not submitting to being your creation. We are commited to making a change guys so don't act like our many communities do and focus on being enemies instead of working cooperatively.
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A lot of things are a reflection of the motherland (and we all know this) but don't act like what BGLO's and orgs like them do today was taken directly from Africa; like that's where you got it from. You and others like you say that to discredit BGLO's (which by the way, the Grooves might actually have been part of creating the stepping that's done today...who knows?) and/or so you can feel better about saying you're not like them while being just like them in many ways. The thing is...there's nothing wrong with orgs being like eachother...just don't trash talk and act like you're so different. Now that I've said my peace on that...Congrats on becoming a Groove. I know many Grooves and on the campuses where I've met them, they are very much respected by the NPHC orgs and participate in all the council's activities. Also, there are a lot of interesting discussions that happen on GC. Why don't you try to become a part of the community and help the GCers learn more about your org instead of continuously rehashing this argument. Again, congrats and welcome back to greekchat!
