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Well, I just joined Delta Gamma Pi this summer, and I decided on a MC sorority, and DGP for several reasons. But this is how I see the system, I;m not saying this is EVERYTHING, or that I'm right, but this is just my opinion. Please do not take offense.
If race were not an issue, there would not be two seperate councils, NPC and the NPHC. I know that the racial issues of the Greek system started in a harder time, but, while times have changed some, they haven't changed enough, otherwise, I think the two would have joined into one by now.
Secondly, if you look at the NPHC organizations, you will find few members who are non-black. If you look at NPC organizations, the ratio of white to non-white is still high. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with that, per se, but, that's how it.
Like my soror Eirene_DGP said, for those who are of a mixed background, it may be awkward for some to be in either section for whatever reason. What a specified Multicultural organization does is provide an organization that does not have a majority race background for those who are conscious of other cultures, and those who want to foster cultural diversity and understanding as one of their main goals. That's not to say that NPC and NPHC do not foster those things, but it wasn't their founding tenent.
This world isn't perfect and never will be completely, so, even an organization that is specified MC may be predominately one race or another. Thats just the luck of the draw sometimes; it depends on interest on campus, etc. And while I have yet to meet all of my sorors across the country, I know that, in DGP, there are many backgrounds represented. But also know that there does not need to be 50-11 cultures pesent for an org to be munticultural. MC sororities my be service oriented, social professional, etc, just like any other, only multiculturalism is one of their main goals as well. DGP happens to be a service and social MC sorority. We do philanthropy in many different areas of the many different interest of our multicultural sorors.
That's basically how I see it. We love and respect all glo's, no matter their racial makeup or diversity goals or lack there of, to each his own.
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