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Originally Posted by Senusret I
I agree with everything you said up until the last line. 
It seems to me that younger members of Groove Phi Groove, Swing Phi Swing, and other fraternal or sororal organizations (which may or may not have Greek letters but have Greek traditions) want their orgs to be oriented to open-membership. In other words, they feel that dual membership is okay because they are so different.
Older members of the same organizations (rightfully) view their organizations as alternatives to the existing systems. This is why you can't be a member of an NPC or NPHC before joining them. I think the spirit of the rule is that it's not intended to be open for dual membership.
It's possible that the orgs also take the attitude of "You can do what you want with your life, we don't like it but we can't stop you." Which honestly, to me, seems to be in line with the 1960s and 1970s era values that these orgs carry, as opposed to the more conservative values of the early part of the 20th century which other predominately black orgs have.
Feelings as I do, this is why I would not vote favorably on a Groove Phi Groove who later came to Alpha for membership. They are similar enough to be mutually exclusive, and different enough for GPhiG to be considered an alternative. |
Makes sense. I guess speaking as an NPCer who knows only a little about either organization, that didn't occur to me prior to your post. But then, that's why I say "speaking for myself" because I'm sure there are NPCers out there who are more knowledgeable than I and would see it the same way you do.