NPCmember:
Just as a point of reference, African-American-founded organizations are just as "traditional" as other GLOs founded by whites. I hate the use of the words traditional, mainstream, majority, etc. to describe institutions that are largely and/or historically white, which implies that nonwhite institutions are somehow less valid.
To your statement about blacks attending white institutions and affiliating with black organizations while there: Why wouldn't blacks want to get educations from the nation's top schools, whether they are historically white or black institutions? And while there, black students may feel the need to affiliate with those familiar to them or those who share their same experiences and/ or beliefs. Isn't that kind of the point of joining ANY greek organization, to fellowship with like-minded individuals? So why would blacks be any different?
Why is it not odd that whites associate with each other freely and at times, exclusively at these same institutions? Why is there no outcry about that? At my university, no one batted an eye when white students ate, studied, lived, and partied in all-white settings, but had a coronary when black, Asian, Arab, Latino students did the same. Why is that?
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