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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Also, I think this is related. If some of y'all in the NPHC constantly preach that you are no more blacks-only than the NIC/NPC is whites-only, why does the number of black students on campus matter? I attend a school that review.com says is only 5% minority, but due to our size, that's 500 Af-Am students, and I'm fairly sure that there are more and PR's figures are off. Despite that, I think the largest NPHC chapter I've seen here is 4 people, and none of them have a non Af-Am member. Why is this?
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While I think you know the answer to your own question, I will attempt to answer.
While NPHC orgs are not "blacks-only" it is a common fact that the majority of our members are African American. Why? Because of the foundation of the 9 orgs that represent the NPHC, the histories, the missions, etc. Remember, as I said in my post, the NPHC orgs make service to the community the NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. We are not social organizations. If that were the case then perhaps the "come on come all" attitude would prevail. While we are not discriminatory, we do attract potentials that have a personal mission to do community service primarily in the Black community or in low-income communities or communities that don't have a "voice."
Therefore, it matters a great deal the number of Blacks on a campus. Is it not ironic that NPC and IFC orgs don't have the same push to increase numbers on the PWIs as NPHC orgs? No. Why? because there are a majority of people to represent the predominant group of people representative in those orgs.
IF (let's use our imaginations here) Tri Delts (as an example) tried to establish something on say Howard's campus, I can assure you that they'd have a time trying to get huge membership on that campus.
Also,since we don't recruit it matters that there aren't huge numbers of Black folks on campus because Black folks tend to be the people interested in membership.