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Originally Posted by mccoyred
I want to reiterate the bolded. I beleive that if we as NPHC orgs take our focus off the AA community, we ALL will suffer.
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No one (that I know of, anyway) is advocating that NPHC orgs take their focus off the Black community. My only point is that the focus need not be exclusive to them, and that there are plenty of Greeks available to focus on the Black community. Diverting some of the "labor source" to cater to other communities will not adversely affect the Black community.
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Of all the populations in the US, Black folks are more likely to be poor, uneducated, imprisoned, etc. Until the needs of our primary community are adequately met, we have no business focusing on anyone else! If others benefit from our activities, fine, but that should be secondary
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If anything, being voluntarily segregated from the mainstream may hurt us more than integrating with them ever could. Because in the new millenium, the emphasis is on diversity and the embracing of all cultures. Segregating ourselves is an indication by the mainstream that we are not "team players" in society and can shut ourselves out of opportunities that we could've otherwise benefitted from. Bottom line, we can still adequately cater to the Black community's needs without being exclusive to the Black community.
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