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Originally posted by LB1914
A lot of these kids get turned on to ABC or XYZ early on. However, by the time a lot of these students make it to college they already have one or two organizations in mind(and to keep it real, we are not often one of the two).
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I think the reason this happens is due to perception. On another forum (A Phi A or AKA) someone mentioned the book "Our Kind of People" by Laurance Graham, which chronicles the rise of the Black elite in this country. There is a whole chapter dedicated to the NPHC greek system and throughout the chapter he mentions that the Black elite feel that there are only two sororites that 'count', and let me tell you, if one of your NPHC sorority's color is blue/royal blue, then that is the one that does 'count'. He quotes a conversation with one of his relatives, an aunt who is an AKA, who does imply that woman is considered acceptable in 'high-society' if she is an AKA or Delta, not a woman from the 'lesser organizations'. Needless to say I was p*ssed.
The book also implies that SGR and ZPB are not sought after because from the 1920's - 1930's their membership did not include alot of influential, well-to-do Black families. And, because we, as a people like all things bougie, gravitate towards groups and events that make us feel materially important.
As it has been mentioned in the SGR forum, it takes a strong woman to go the path less traveled.