Diversity in the SEC

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by nyapbp

These were my thoughts and then they popped up on the screeen. Thank you TriDeltaSallie.

It is now; we are here. Debating about what, why, or how people did things in the late 1800s and early 1900s is a moot point. None of us is privy to any of that. We can surmise, we can ascribe, but we just do not know. We can get on with out lives and make the best of the situation in front of us. Wringing our hands about something over which we have no part and no control is, in my opinion, pointless.

No, you are not going to dismiss the discourse as irrelevant. The past shapes the present and the future. Historians (among other disciplines) and laypersons know this and they apply it to many topics (gender inequality, government extremism, etc). It is only in topics of race and ethnicity that many people wish to close doors and silence the past.

Originally Posted by nyapbp

That said, I remember having to counsel a chapter when an African American pledge was catching fire from the NPHC groups for joining an NPC group. As I recall she ended up leaving school. I admire and respect the NPHC groups, but I realize that membership in one of the organizations is closed to me. The choice would never be mine.

None of the doors are officially closed to you. NPHC sororities also place emphasis on alumnae chapters. If you cared enough, and have not become a member at the undergrad level because the undergraduate chapter rejected you for some reason, you could apply at the alumnae level. It may not be successful but that lack of success may or may not be because you are nonBlack. There are members who would respect you as long as you work hard like other aspirants and applicants and as long as you prove that you understand the historical and present day significance of being in a BGLO. Given your "let go of the past" intro to your post, you may not understand this and therefore may not be prepared for BGLO membership.