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Actually, without bringing the cultural relevance and historical time frame into play, YES I would say your characterization is incorret. With the exception of one of the D9 orgs we were founded at a time when we were NOT ALLOWED to join any other fraternity and sorority and not only were racism and sexism present they were the norm. In order to uplift not only the college students who were blessed enough to be able to afford to attend universities in the early 1900s but to assist the communities in which they lived our organizations were founded. Yes our organizations have continued to focus our efforts in that community, typically because no one else is doing it. That doesn't mean that we don't do programming elsewhere or with organizations that are not BGLOs.
If at some point the entire US population is on equal footing MAYBE our focus will change but as long as most minority groups are still playing catch up, organizations founded by them will be most concerned with how we can improve ourselves first.
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