I didn't see anyone attacking anyone in this forum. To the contrary, I thought ZetaAce handled her responses very well. In just reviewing L-Dawg's initial question again, I realize that he/she used a lot of "hot-button" terms and phrases that could have sent this conversation spiraling quickly downward, instead of the intelligent debate it became.
For the record, I don't recall any member of the NPHC using the phase BGLO when decsribing the nine-member organizations that make-up the NPHC. When I tell people I belong to a Sorority, I state the name of the Sorority, not state that I belong to a "BGLO". I care not what phase to use to describe these organizations, so if anyone feels the term is divisive, then I encourge you not to use it, and encourage others in your realm to refrain as well. I have no issue one way or the other, because I care more what it is you're NOT saying that what you say. When I use "GLO" for example, folks might as well add the my silent "W", because that is essentially my meaning. Frankly, I think we need to get past being hung-up on what people CALL things and focus more on what people THINK, for there lies the dilema when finding solutions for race relations.
And finally, as an American of African descent, I have "hatred" for no one except those who have personally incurred my "hatred" (if even them). Therefore, belonging to an organization that is composed primarily of other people of color engenders no more "racial division" for me than being around members of my family would.
And by the way, the nine members of the NPHC as a whole have NEVER had discrimination policies against people of any ethnicity to prevent them from joining our organizations, so I would daresay that almost from the beginning, "BGLO" would be an inaccurate term anyway.
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