[quote=gphiangel624;1440204][quote=L.O.C.K.;1440080]nwu43,
Out of all of our chapters, the most diverse is UC Riverside - they have three Mexican American brothers, 2 white brothers, and one South Asian brother.
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True- Pi Delta Psi at UCR is pretty diverse, as are most organizations at UCR. Being that UCI has comparable ethnicity demographics, I'm going to assume their orgs are almost as diverse, if not more.
My understanding of many ethnic-based or ethnic-interest Greek orgs were founded (in addition to what L.O.C.K. stated) is that the organizations have an interest in making the general campus and community more aware of the targeted ethnicity and the culture(s) related to it, and to provide services and/or philanthropic support to organizations related to the targeted ethnicity. For example, several of our organizations that identify as Asian-American (Greeks and non-Greeks) support local blood and bone marrow banks that specifically work with Asians and Asian-Americans.
Is my understanding in any way accurate?
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Yup. I thought initially you were talking more about the social aspect of the Asian community (because you mentioned social GLO's) which would not be lacking in many California schools.
Ethnic Greeks do indeed provide services/philanthropy related to the targeted ethnicity, but I think the difference between ethnic Greeks and Asian clubs like CSA is that the ethnic Greeks are Greek! Just look up Pi Delta Psi on wikipedia you'll see that promoting "Friendship and Loyalty" is important just as it is important to promote "Cultural Awareness". Thus, many people choose to become part of the Asian Greek world because they are interested in forming bonds in addition to serving the Asian community.
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