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Originally posted by sigmagrrl
I'd like to offer my opinion based on my personal experiences. I found that, as an African American woman who chose to join an NPC, I got more crap and resistance from OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN than from Caucasians! I was called an Uncle Tom, an Oreo, I was spat at, you name it. So, my thinking is that other African American women might join NPC groups if they didn't fear getting ostracized and harassed. I didn't let it stop me and I wish other women who chose to question another woman's choice would remember that it's really none of their business, to be brutally honest!
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I think you have a very good point here. In 92, at my campus when an African American woman chose to go through fall recruitment and eventually pledged she received threats and was extensively harrased by some members of the NPHC organizations on our campus (I do not mean to imply that all NPHC groups would act in such a way - so please do not take offense).
Our chapter happened to pledge an African American member that same semester and sadly she encountered the same problems. Luckily I don't believe current NPC members are receiving the same treatment but it is sad when it does happen. A lot in this issue will depend on the climate of the campus regardless of any policies regarding legacies, etc.
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