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DISCLAIMER: The following is only anecdotal. In no way would I ever imply or conclude that this one experience should be represented as "How It Is."
I attend college in the early 90s. My school had about 6000 undergraduates, of which >90% were classified as white/caucasian. Of those undergraduates, about 55% were female, and of those 55% approx 40% joined NPC groups. There were 2 visible NPHC groups, but I believe that the members were part of a city-chapter and not one through the university. Please forgive me if I am mixing up terminology with that. There were about 3-5 members in each.
When I was a freshmen, we did have an African American senior in my chapter, and she served on the exec board, lived in the house, and gave 100% to the chapter even through that senior year. According to her, she was the only African American who participated in NPC rush her entire 4 years. For the following 3 years that I was a member, no other African American participated in NPC rush.
Sadly, I suppose we qualify for that "sprinkle" title, but for (at least) 7 years she was the only one. While we weren't out proclaiming any false-sense of "diversity" it also couldn't help but be noticed by everyone. We were proud that she was in our chapter- not because she was black, but because she was just sheer awesome.
Since she was quite a few years older, and our chapters were 140ish members, I did not know her well enough to stay in touch after her graduation. However, since I recently saw her name on a LOST list, I guess that I can conclude she isn't overly involved as an alumna.
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