I think it's insulting to imply the NPHC has the corner on "lifelong membership". The NPC certainly strives for the same goal and, arguably, is quite successful at it.
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... While NPHC is definitely social , we have a social obligation to the uplift of our people, and society in general.... -- bluethunder
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I take issue with this too. Look at examples from just a
few NPC creeds:
"... To lend to those less fortunate a helping hand. To be unto others what we would they would be to us."
FM
".... To place scholarship before social obligations and character before appearances; to be, in the best sense, democratic rather than 'exclusive'..."
CW
"...I promise temperance and insight and courage, To crusade for justice, To seek the truth and defend it always ...."
DZ
"I believe in its high ideals which lift me up beyond myself. I believe in its earnest drive for good scholarship, moral character, and genuine culture..."
AF
My arguement is, if you want to say joining the NPHC is a "uniquely black experience," that's fine, go for it. But it's not only
untrue but also
unfair to imply that the NPC doesn't strive to uplift its members and the community OR to imply the NPC doesn't require membership for life from its members.
I don't understand how, especially in a forum like this, we strive for equality and try to avoid stereotypes... somehow the NPC is left out EVERY TIME, and the sterotype of a bunch of giggling, immature, white, blonde, former high school cheerleader girls who're just in it to meet fraternity boys and get drunks continues.
Look at all the advances NPC women have made in the last 20, 50, 100 years. We are not the organization(s) we were when we started -- and to tell you the truth, I'm not sure we were
ever organizations that fit the stereotype.
I'm just saying, if we're going to leave the sterotypes at the door,
let's leave the stereotypes at the door.