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Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
Choose a side and stick to it.
Uh, I was trying to find out which question was the most relevant. 
Is that Really how we are being viewed...YES it is! That is why white greeks are constantly asking for us to "teach us how to do that neat dancing thing you all do. What is it stomping, or something like that?" They think it looks neat so they want to learn it. So, you go on to say how it is the Black person's fault for perpetuating this "Blacks as entertainers attitude". Thank you, Rain Man, that was my point exactly. All they see us as is people in pretty jackets, doing some neat dancing. So, when we get together to supposedly unify, that is the main thing we focus on? Come on. Do some service together, have some seminars on race relations, an open forum. Once again, I say what in the hell does handing them our culture on a silver platter have to do with uniting the races?
Give me a break.
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OK, I think I see what you are saying. You are essentially saying that you don't like the thought of non-NPHC Greeks approaching NPHC orgs asking "inane" questions about why NPHC culture is so flamboyant. You would prefer such race-uniting techniques involving service and charity-oriented projects to show those orgs what the NPHC at heart is REALLY about. Fair enough.
BUT....
Why the need for such superficial aspects of NPHC culture such as flashy gear, calls, signs, and stepping? I mean, in all fairness, none of the founders ever stepped or incorporated any of the contemporary NPHC "cultural" aspects in their orgs. Heck, it didn't even become a phenomona (sp?) until roughly 25 years ago, and all nine orgs were (and still is) doing just fine without it.
So if you really mean what you say, I hereby challenge the NPHC orgs to systematically drop the stepping, loud 'nalia, signs, chants, and calls, and work alongside the NIC/NPC orgs and show them through service and charity-oriented projects how the NPHC orgs really roll and TCB. Once that is done, then and only then will I gladly and immediately retract my statement(s).
ETA: To use your very words: "Choose a side and stick to it".