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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
My issue is why does every "org" have to be a sorority? Why can't you be a single mom support group and just leave it at that? Why do you have to have colors, hand signs, etc. etc. etc.
There are single moms all over the world. Why can' they just join or get a Yahoo group to chat and debate and discuss? Why does everything have to be a SORORITY? Because that implies there is a line of sorts and initiation of sorts. Why do they have to have Greek letters? Why do they have to utilize Greek art to have graphics? WHY WHY WHY??
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Why does there only have to be 4 black sororities? Why can't another black group form a sorority? Why does the NPHC have to have a monopoly on the Black Greek letter "market"? Why don't NPC orgs have this same mentality when a new sorority joins NPC?
Why are there TONS of local sororities and they can co-exist with NPC orgs peacefully? HC (as far as we know, anyway) the original 9 NPC orgs (Alpha Phi, Pi Beta Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma) didn't have that "the buck stops here" mentality.
Frankly, I highly resent the notion that the NPHC is the be all, end all choice for Black GLOs. But I will answer one of your questions on why it has to be a sorority?
Because it is the respective founders' right and perogative to start one. Period.
ETA: As far as "lack of originality" goes, I think our (Black) culture tends to bite off of others in some way, shape, form, or fashion to begin with and put our own original "twist" on it. So to be fair, the lack of originality argument, while I see where you are coming from, is rather weak.