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Originally Posted by DTD Alum
Not remotely what I said. I said that somebody who is saying "I don't want to join a multi-cultural/NPHC/service etc. GLO" doesn't necessarily mean they do not want to associate with that race. They may just want an experience that those GLOs can't offer.
Obviously somebody joining a GLO with a specific racial focus values that racial identity. But I often see people saying that by joining an IFC/Panhellenic GLO you are implicitly saying you want to associate yourself with white people since they are historically white. I disagree with this, since if you want to join a GLO with the stereotypical experience your only options likely are predominately white.
We had a couple members who strongly identified with their cultural/ethnic backgrounds first and foremost who still joined our fraternity because it offered something that GLOs targeted to their specific ethnicity/culture could not. For example, one member used our fraternity as his social outlet, and then used other organizations for his cultural outlet (both a cultural dance team and an assembly of students with similar backgrounds). Of course there are members who want to join an IFC fraternity so they can assimilate with "white" culture and leave their culture behind out of shame. But I'm just saying that by joining an IFC/Panhellenic GLO you are not automatically assimilating and rejecting your own cultural heritage. You may just be using different organizations for that purpose and want to experience a more stereotypical Greek experience.
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This is all well and good, but the OP specifically brought up race as an exclusionary factor.