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Originally posted by preciousjeni
Honestly, in my OPINION (please do not flame me!) the organizations that have stayed most on track, in this regard, are the HBGLOs, though I know there have been some minor issues when it comes to initiating non-AFAM aspirants. But, these are generally on an individual basis and are certainly not based in any national position on the issue.
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This may seem so, but I encourage you to look at both Delta Phi Epsilon and Phi Sigma Sigma in NPC terms. Both of these organizations were founded by women who were not accepted into other NPC organizations because of their religious beliefs.
From the words of DPhiE's founders: Delta Phi Epsilon was formed to "promote good fellowship among the women students among the various colleges in the country...to create a secret society composed of these women based upon their good moral character, regardless of nationality or creed...to have distinct chapters at various colleges..."
In 1917, did these women say no African American women can join? Could be...it was 1917 after all, and I don't know what the African American population was at the universities where Delta Phi Epsil was, but as someone who has been involved in sorority life since 1993, and been an active alumna for more than 7 years, I can honestly say that our chapters are following these words of our founders each day. I can't remember one chapter I've ever been to that has been all white. Not even my own, which is located at a school with about 600 minority students out of 7,000.
But are we "multicultural"? I don't think that was our Founders' intentions...it was their intention to provide women a sorority that wasn't based on nationality or creed.
But enough of my soapbox