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So, this thread has finally come full circle back to the original question asked. I think it was answered many times by many different people. There is not 1 answer. Organizations may want to be more diverse, why? does it look good on paper? Does it make the house feel more warm and cuddly to have minorities there? Will it be to attract more minorities? Will it be for "change"? Whatever the reason some organizations want more minorities, they do. Personally I would ask, why not just want people who want to be there, instead of trying to recruit a rainbow coalition. I am one of the people who believe that race shouldn't be an issue when looking at a prospective member. However, when looking at a prospective organization, it may happen. Others have expressed how important and esteemed the Divine 9 organizations are in the black community. Which should have ended the discussion that "Black Greek organizations are better that White Greek organizations", but it did not. It wasn't a black Greek/white Greek issue. There are predominately black Greek orgs that are known for 100% party & bs. Unless you know a little background on NPHC also known as the Divine 9, you wouldn't understand this. Many member and non-members tried to explain this. Some people were offended by the great enthusiasm shown in the posts and took it as those people looking down on organizations that are not Divine 9. No, that is not what it is. It is pride. Please just take it as that. We should all be proud. Instead of comparing notes and saying, "Oh...you gave $500 to XYZ charity, well we gave $5,000!" or the ever popular "Hey...we are still active too" speech. I know members of IFC orgs that do serious community service and are active with their fraternity after college. Just as I know NPHC members who do zero community service and do not remain active after college. No one needs to school me on who does what, I understand that there are people from all walks of life in Greek orgs and people who will work for their org until the day they die. Kudos. The purpose of those explanations was to give those who don't understand the importance of NPHC organizations a look into why perhaps this young mans parents had these feelings. Those who don't understand it's long rooted history may look in from the outside and yell reverse-racism. Those looking at it from a different perspective will see that this woman was just a tad overbearing (ya think?), but she was holding him by the hand and leading him to the place she felt he needed to be, or at least where she wanted him to be. No different than a parent choosing your religion, your school, or your dinner.
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