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I attend a predominately white university and I have seen that there are a number of reasons that keep people away from joining a BGLO.
1.The first is that the AA population is so very small that it is hard for some organizations to keep enough members to keep the chapter active.
2.The second reason is that there have been very bad events to happen on my campus to where the view of Black Greek Life is very dismal to alot of people.
3. The third is as a result of the second, org. are getting suspended/expelled from campus, leaving only a few for both men/women to choose from. If someone's choice is not on campus for their entire time in college then they set sights on grad. or just forget the whole greek experience entirely.
4. At my university, there is an overwhelmingly low amount of greek unity between the different orgs. and sometimes within an org. I've heard some greeks talk about other orgs. and even their own orgs. sometimes it even comes to blows where people have gotten hurt. To alot of non-greeks at my university this is a turnoff and if it happens once then it will talked about for years to come.
5. Money. Alot of the AA students on my campus have to pay their own way and with the cost of education going up every year, there is just not enough money to go around.
From school to school reasons differ but these are just a few of the things that go on at my school to make it difficult for anyone even the most dedicated to join an org. simply because if it's not one thing then it's the other.
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