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I think this whole thing is ridiculous. There are hardly any minorities in the Greek system at my last school - they don't want to be. There is no NPHC chapter that is visible (Iota Phi Theta has a mailbox, but I have never seen a brother) so their only options are "white" GLOs. They still don't join - there is an African-American TKE and a few Asian-Americans in Delta Sig, and a Middle Eastern brother in Sigma Pi (can't remember the country). For a school that's about 5% Greek, that's not too bad, since I think we're only 4% minority.
At Marquette, I know there is an African-American in Alpha Phi, and I'm sure there are more, but I haven't gotten very acquainted with their Greek system yet. I think people will join where they want to. No NPC group actually frowns on black members, and no NPHC group frowns on white members. They groups are very different - NPHC is much more service based and more rigorous to get into. I think it's great that both groups exist, and I truly don't think segregation is forced, I think it's chosen in this case. Maybe this is me being a northern idealist, but I would welcome a Technicolor member to Gamma Phi Beta as long as she met our membership criteria, and I think AKA, DST, SGRho, and ZPhiB would do the same.
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