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Originally Posted by carnation
I imagine that forced pledging in the NPC would work about as well as it would with any GLO-- a college president, say, comes stomping into a DST meeting and says, "OK, ladies, I just made an NPC group pledge a black woman and I expect you to return the favor to me and pledge a white one. Here are 3 names, pick one."
Can you imagine how thrilled both groups would be?  |
This isn't about college presidents. This is about the GLOs themselves making such decisions.
Delta regional and NHQ wouldn't push white members (only because they are white) on our chapters because we do not purport to be seeking white members. It is not correlated with our founding purposes and interests. That is why you will typically not see us starting discussions about "racial diversity in Delta (NPHC, in general)." It is typically not our concern and not our goal. We are honest about that and therefore do not pretend to be shocked that 99% of our aspirants and membership for 100 years has been women of the Africa diaspora.
We also do not pretend that race and ethnicity are not part of the aspirant and membership process for many aspirants and members. Many if not most of us would never claim that race and ethnicity were no concern when speaking with aspirants. That doesn't mean that we do not have nonBlack aspirants and nonBlack members. It means that a Sisterhood of Black college women committed to public service is not pretending as though we unintentionally, coincidentally, and accidentally ended up 99% African diaspora and have no intention to remain that way. Delta has an "anti-discrimination clause" but there are also members who will honestly tell you that they would never vote for a white member regardless of other qualifications. White aspirants and white applicants are a rarity so these members are not losing sleep over this.