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Originally posted by Sistermadly
I have my reasons. 
Seriously - I do. And they're personal ones. It wasn't a big soul-ripping cultural choice that I was faced with. Why did justamom choose Alpha Chi Omega instead of any of the other organizations in the NPC? Why did you choose Zeta Sigma Chi instead of the NPHC/NPC?
I guess what I'm getting at is that the "why" of this question isn't relevant (to me). It might be to other folks, but I just went where my heart and head told me to go.
(edited to get ZChi's organization name right)
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I asked the question I guess because the reason why I chose Zeta Sigma Chi and not the NPC or NPHC was because of cultural reasons. I don't like being in an environment where I stick out like a sore thumb or I am considered the token. On my campus, for some reason I never met a women who stayed an active member of a NPC sorority who I... liked. For some reason I became cool with the ladies that deactivated after their sophmore year. However, I met some really sweet NPC women on other campuses. Also, to tell you the truth I didn't fit into the cultural environment of NPC sororities on my campus at all. So those experiences didn't make me want to run to Rush.
I didn't join a NPHC sorority because honestly, I was around all black people my entire life and I came to college to learn not only inside the classroom but outside of the classroom. I saw a need for a multicultural sorority not only for my campus but for myself. Being around such a wide variety of people who has such an intense pride in their culture has given me a greater pride in my own background. I wanted to be in an organization that main purpose was to gain a greater knowledge or yourself and others and that is what I found.
I can understand a black person joining an NPC sorority that is diverse but it's hard for me to understand why a black person would join a NPC sorority that is 99% white if they were raised in an environment like myself. But that is why I'm here on GC to learn
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