It sounds like you had a poor experience on the campus where you pledged. I truly believe that is the exception, not the rule and it is wrong of you to try and sour the opinions of others.
Every chapter of every fraternity is different from the same chapter on another campus - making a blanket statement that minority members aren't really welcome in a predominately white fraternity is oversimplifies the matter to an extreme.
In addition, most of us find the term WGLO offensive as all NPC and NIC member organizations have diverse memberships. True, the membership rolls may not be as diverse on some campuses as on others, but remember, a chapter cannot ask someone to join, if that potential member has not expressed an interest in that chapter. If more minority men and women showed more interest in what you call 'white' GLOs, you would see more diversity.
A person joins a group where they feel most comfortable, regardless of the skin color of the members. There are several white men and women that strongly believe in the principles of the Divine Nine organizations - if one of these members had a bad experience and posted a message similar to yours, the BGLO members would probably feel the same as I do. If you believe in an organizations mission, ideals and goals, that's what matters most to the existing members.
Barbara
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