To OneOneTwo...
You mentioned in your previous post..
Now that's not to say that I don't want brotherhood... that's what I'm here for. And the brotherhood I want cannot be obtained by joining such fine organizations like the Boy Scouts or
100 Black Men or what have you. The reasons you want to be an ABC (or whatever org) have to be personal, spiritual even GOD DRIVEN (at least He put them into my thought for a reason). And you are not going to get that if you join an organization because your friends are in it or because you didn't like another organization and want to fight them or because you like the organization because they step good or really active in the community.
To say what organizations will and will not enhance the issue of "brotherhood" among black men is a baseless and unsusbstantive statement in and of itself. If one has no knowledge of the inner workings of 100 Black Men of America Inc., he should not comment on it.
Also to say that reasons for wanting to be in a fraternity are based on the personal, spiritual and god-driven is also baseless and unsubstantive. I have never met one fraternity man on my campus who even spewed a word of religion out of his mouth, as I was on numerous occasions sought out by fraternities for my qualities, having been developed on a personsal and professional level with my involvement in 100 Black Men of America Inc. and by members of an NPHC fraternity's auxiliary group.
Believe me, membership in 100 Black Men of America Inc. is on a totally different level from fraternities. We do not conduct informationals. We don't have the lawsuits and the divisions. There is no such thing as paper or real in the 100. Membership can only be acquired through what one sees in your community work and your professional life, and yes the majority of the men within the fold of membership in 100 Black Men of America Inc. hold not only a bachelor's degree, but also contain other degree extensions as well. Membership is by invitation only, which means that the concept of "many are called but few are chosen" is ruled out, because the few are already selected. The current national president is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., and I would bet you 10 to 1 that he does more work with the 100 than he could ever think of doing with Omega.
Is there a degree of brotherhood in 100 Black Men of America Inc.? I would bid to say definitely, but business, in all aspects of the organization, is considered before brotherhood. Therefore, you will never see a man of the 100 disprespect a fellow member because he doesn't feel that there is a measuring stick by which to measure a fellow member with. We are men of culture, principle, and real standard, so you will never hear of any man of the 100 being a renegade, ghost, or an outcast. Fraternity men approach the 100 for membership. I say all of this to say that you shouldn't correlate our organization with Boy Scouts, we align more along with the Boule. We are EXTREMELY SELECTIVE. We have a list of famous members, but that is not the important aspect here, our work in the communities we serve speaks well enough for itself.
Off the soapbox, and I'M OUT...
