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There is a big, huge difference between using a pre-existing organizational structure (fraternities/sororities) and co-opting an art form.
To be honest, I dont see the big deal about letting the NPC orgs at this campus step. I can see where the event would be a fun way to bring all Greeks together, and I think the purpose is admirable.
But I also understand the reservations of posters like my Soror SkeephistAKAte. Black culture is all too often cannabalized for the mainstream. Creativity/art forms are an integral part of all cultures, and when that co-opting happens it all too often turns somtehing that was beautiful and meaningful into something ugly, commercial and twisted ( mainsteamhip-hop anyone?) or something that ends up excluding the people who started in the first place (modern rock).
BGLOs using the Greek organizational structure is in no way, shape or form comparable to that.
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