I'm kind of going way back here to some earlier postings I read. Some of the posting that Shinerbock made about some greek organizations not being real. Well, at my school I don't consider some to be real. I'm not going to mention any names, but there is a Karate frat at my school.
Funny but true, and none of them know Martial Arts except mabey one or two. They are only at my school though. Too me that's not real, but BGLOs are real. BGLOs are nation wide and some are even going International if not already. I see what you're saying Shinerbock as far as not being exposed to BGLOs, but because you haven't been exposed to them does not mean they are not real. I went to a historically black college and I had never heard of WGLOs in my life because I had never been exposed to them, until I went to visit Ohio State. At first I didn't think the WGLOs were real. I said to myself, "What the heck is that???" Well, I didn't want to stay ignorant (not saying that you are) so I did some research on some of them and learned about the history of some. Some were quite interesting. My founders founded my fraternity because not only were they not allowed in WGLOs but also were not allowed to share the same faciltities as white students. They couldn't even use the gynasium because of the color of their skin. This all took place at Indiana University, where African American students would go weeks without seeing another African American student. At the time, Indiana was nicknamed Klandiana because the Klan was very big there and growing. Funny but this is true. The founders started Kappa Alpha Psi as a support group for black students since they didn't have any support groups.
Because I wasn't exposed to WGLOs, I didn't let that stop me from finding out about some of them. You should expand your mind a little and read some of the books about BGLOs. You would find it interesting. We have a ton of history and the greatest thing about the Divine 9 is that after graduation we still recognize our organizations, and are very much involved with them until the day we die. It's like a marriage. "Til death do us part." I'm not saying all, but most WGLO members that I meet always say "I USED to be in a frat," or "I USED to be in a sorority". To me I think real organizations take their organizations to the grave with them. That's REAL to me. I hope you didn't take offense to anything I said, because I wasn't trying to offend you or your organization. Believe it or not, some WGLO sororities are starting to participate in BGLO step shows, a tradition that was started in Africa and continues with BGLOs. I'm not going to try and change your opinion, I'm just trying to get you to learn more history and open up a little that's all.
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