Molasses79 Wrote:
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... the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, why don't they recieve that much respect from other sororities and fraternities? Is it because they were the last group.
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As a 20-year member and national officer of Iota Phi Theta, I find that most of the people who have a problem with Iota are those who haven't taken the time to do a little research about us. You have to remember that before we joined the NPHC, no new group had joined in 60 years. In fact, until 1993, the NPHC constitution didn't even have a provision for allowing an additional organization to join.
It's human nature to be leery of what you don't know and sometimes to belittle what you don't understand. Black Greekdom had been around for almost 60 years before Iota was founded and there are members of other BGLO's that have been members of their organizations for longer than Iota has been in existence. We recognize that some folks don't know and we accept that some folks don't WANT to know.
Having said that, we have a phrase within Iota Phi Theta ...
"Either you love us or you don't know us."
'nuff said!
[This message has been edited by IotaNet (edited August 07, 2000).]