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Originally posted by Lady2000
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.
None of the NPHC organizations discriminate and there are several chapters that have active members from other cultures in their organizations...
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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.
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That is an issue with the presence of a graduate chapter overseeing and taking responsibility for the undergraduate chapter's actions... There is only so much control an adult has over a bunch of young adults... Can your university be held liable for events that occur off campus? Legally, no... Civilly (sp.) ?Maybe... So if it's tough for the unversity to control it's students, how hard do you think it is for a graduate advisor to control wayward members???
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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.
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Guess then you havta forget it... I dunno... Didn't experience that...
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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.
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Again that has to do with a Graduate Advisory council fully sponsored by the respective universities... The connections one builds are demanded by the collective conditions that one experienced upon one's indoctrination... If one's indoctrination was different--even slightly, there can be conflicts.
ALL universities have a student group resources or advisory committee and every group must be legal with the oversight and activity at the university... There are administrators that get PAID to provide conflict resolution. Many African American groups fail to seek that service and it is well hidden. It requires much finesse, something that I personally see many of the non-HBCU's failure to provide their culturally diverse population. But that's another topic for another day...
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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.
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Folks got money to goto those dances. Folks got money to pay for dem clothes... Folks got money to do they thang... So, dayum, when did they decide they ain't got no money, now?
