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Originally Posted by DTD Alum
To both posts, I don't think this is remotely what he meant. I think he chose his words poorly, but to me it seems like he is looking for a particular experience, not a particular ethnic group. He wants to join a fraternity that offers the stereotypical American experience: the big parties with elaborate props and bands, the sorority exchanges, living in a house, the intramurals, etc. I think the number of chapters outside the IFC/Panhellenic umbrella groups that can offer this experience are extremely limited (if they even exist), and frankly many schools can't offer this experience even with their IFC/Panhellenic GLOs.
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Yes, thank you. This is exactly what I meant. However now I see that my ideas were filled with misconceptions. And looking back at my posts, they do seem very stupid and ignorant. Specially where I classify african americans (or ethnic minorities in general) as "non american". Please understand that I just had trouble expressing myself. Nonetheless, as your discussion has stated, NPHC organizations as well as other multi cultural organizations will not give me this fraternity experience I'm looking for. It is not to sound racist, or to, as other posters stated, be ashamed of my own heritage. What I want to know (and a few of you have already answered) is if race will be a setback if I want to get a bid from IFC groups