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Originally posted by astroAPhi
I think a lot of the reason why some of our chapters don't have more women of different races is because minorities sometimes don't go to college.
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No, I can't believe that was what I just read. How do you explain me, then? Or the fact that not a single black person I know has received an athletic scholarship (but are at Ivy League schools--which don't give athletic or academic scholarships, and have received merit scholarships to the best colleges in the country), but I can think of about 20 non-minorities who are going to school to play football? Give me a break. Non-minorities "sometimes don't go to college."
Anyway, that's not the reason why there aren't women of color in some NPC chapters (and before anyone starts whining, I'm in an NPC group). Until about 1950, there were discriminatory clauses in most (if not all) national sororities' bylaws (except the NPHC groups). There are some schools today where a black, Asian, Jewish, or Latina female will get cut from all of the sororities during the FIRST ROUND of recruitment. There are plenty of minorities in college (there could be more, but hey). The NPHC groups were founded to provide a similar experience for black women who were SHUT OUT of other groups, or attended HBCUs. There's just not that much interest among most to join an NPC sorority, especially after such a long history of racial segregation. It's a painful history, but in order to make a truly educated decision about whether to join an NPC or NPHC group, it's something one has to realize.
Smiley, I PMed you.
