School Daze question.

[shinerbock]

I only used nupes because thats a black glo term I don't understand, and most white people probably wouldnt.

Regarding wglo activities, I understand what you're saying, but I dare say nobody in my fraternity started doing those things because they exclude blacks. We do them because we enjoy them, and thus we continue to do them and recruit people with similar interests. About exclusivity, I'm glad we're exclusive, thats the point. If you wanted everyone to be in the organization, we'd have started a facebook group instead of a fraternity.

[DSTCHAOS]

You and I really don't disagree on this topic so I'll just clarify some points:

Originally Posted by shinerbock

I only used nupes because thats a black glo term I don't understand, and most white people probably wouldnt.

LOL...I'm just telling you that you don't need to plead that case with most Black Greeks. Many if not most of "us" already agree with the premise of your argument.

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Regarding wglo activities, I understand what you're saying, but I dare say nobody in my fraternity started doing those things because they exclude blacks. We do them because we enjoy them, and thus we continue to do them and recruit people with similar interests. About exclusivity, I'm glad we're exclusive, thats the point. If you wanted everyone to be in the organization, we'd have started a facebook group instead of a fraternity.

Your fraternity was founded during a time when racial intolerance, discrimination, and overall exclusion were overt on a societal level. Dare I pretend as if excluding anything but a certain TYPE of white male wasn't an objective at one point.

Why SOME chapters of your fraternity do those things now might be a different story. Either way it is an exclusionary tactic, subconsciously for some and consciously for others. Not just race but social class and other markers.

I never said exclusion was inherently a bad thing. I'm glad my sorority has certain exclusionary methods in place, as well. It's the "why, how, and at what/whose expense" that CAN (note: CAN) make exclusion a negative---that's all I'm saying.

[bows&toes]

I don't think wglos do these things to exclude blacks, we do them because we enjoy doing it. If we want to exclude blacks, we just don't give them a bid, it's that easy.