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First let me say I heard about this new "fraternity" a few weeks ago and while I have not been to the website, I heard that it was founded at a Denny's. Also based on Blackwatch's description of the content of said website (member's favorite songs and cute women), your organization does sound frivolous.
Let me say some things to help you ThetaPharoah understand why you will not necessarily be embraced by the Divine 9. Number one, all orgs founded after Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha received flack and continue to receive flack on some level because we were not the first or we left one org to come up with another or we _____________________ (you fill in the blank). Now here it is 2002, and you and your members (how many are there) are here representing yet another brotherhood because the ones that are already in place did not work for you so you brothers were assumably sitting at Denny's one night eating and talking and from this conversation was born an organization which has Greek letters, colors, etc. etc. and called a fraternity. Now pardon me if I sound elitist and even a little condescending, but is your organization REALLY all of that!?!?!? What are you all out there doing in the community? Let me just say that while your intents might have been noble if the fruits of your labor are not evident, expect criticism. IN ALL THINGS, EXPECT CRITICISM. No we are not HATERS, we are critics and we are curious about yet another fraternity being born and what it stands to do in the community and how it will get things done.
Now Blackwatch I agree with a lot of what you said and I want to really ask: How come if there was a sincere interest in one of the existing fraternities on your part (including all members of your org), what REALLY stopped you from joining or attempting to join? Was it really that the fraternity was not living up to all of its principles as set forth by their founders?
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ThetaPharoah said: If the founders of the black greek FRATERNITIES would have been performing the way that many people in many organizations performed today (Acting like they are better than other groups, walking around damn near naked, and dancing around looking in imagionary mirrors) they would have been skinned and hung from a tree.
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Come on with that mess, brotha!! Do you know that ALL orgs act like they are better than the others? For the most part it is friendly competition. Do you know that most orgs/groups/etc. with people in it have their friendly competition? Example, in college, we used to be at a party and inevitably we would want to "rep our city"
so you would hear Cleveland, Columbus, and da Nati yelled out over and over. . . is that not a parallel to the fraternal and sorority calls done while at an event? Sports teams do it as well. Oh and in high school, didn't you used to rep your class year and say stuff like SEeeeeeeeniors and other friendly competitive melee???
Yes some of what our orgs do can be embarassing and even belittles the overall purpose that we were founded for. But let me just say this, all of our orgs are about business. There are programs in place in all of them that are doing great things, reaching back helping others in some way, shape, form, or fashion.
Finally (because there really is no such things are fifthly or fourthly or thirdly, but I am off duty so I will end there), your organization is in its advent and you can expect to have people curious about your organization and what sets it apart overall from the other orgs in place. I challenge you to enlighten them in a positive way that speaks to the caliber that you purport your members have.
Thank you
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