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Originally posted by Eirene_DGP
I agree with you Newbee, especially with your statement about people and their needs change. I have noticed with some Afr. Ams who are joining Multicultural and Latina orgs have done so because they have many friends who are white or other non-Afr. Am ethnicities who want to be in NPHC orgs but have been told no b/c they were not Afr. Am. I am not trying to bash anyone's org, but this is what I have been told by our new members. This is a new day and people are becoming more diverse and tolerant as well. If I have been friends with an Indian, Caucasian, Asian, and Native American girls and we all rush XYZ org together and we all have service, grades, etc. and they cannot get in b/c of their race, you best believe I will not pledge no matter how much I wanted to be in the org. because their beliefs do not mesh with mine. I have a strong faith in God and I do believe we are all the same on the inside, and ultimately none of us are better than the next regardless of race.
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I agree the God has made us all equal. However, I want my fraternity to remain predominantly and historically Black. The reason I joined Alpha Phi Alpha is because it is a historically and predominantly Black fraternity whose focus is on the descendents of Africa. This does not mean that I think we're better than anyone else, but my organization is a private, selective, exclusive organization, and I feel we have the right to admit whoever we want.