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Stereotypes are easy to ignore, but they tend to fall into two groups - those that have an "animal house" mentality of being in a greek organization; and those that view BGLOs as elitist organizations and judge you on that basis.
With respect to size and presence you need to remember how small the African-Ameican college population is in general. At HBCUs you will find large chapters 50, 100 or more. Also, membership selection isn't tied to supporting a house so only a small percentage of applicants will make it in (this is a generalizaiton, of course). Many collegiate chapters are city-wide so it is possible to have a chapter of 5-10 collegiates from as many schools. With one or two members on campus, they won't be as noticeable.
Also, in terms of presence, the BGLOs tend to define their "community" or "service area" much more broadly than a campus - so their activities (the majority of which are community service-oriented and not social) are out in communities (schools, churches, homeless shelters, etc.)
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