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Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE
I'm sorry if I came off as not understanding what they're about. I understand that they fit a purpose in the Latin community and I appreciate it, but my post was referring to people who were talking about serving a "niche" catered to minority students. I was just trying to say that niches can change, and that it'll be interesting if the niches are the same 50 years from now.
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The niche hasn't gone away in 100 years. It has only evolved.
Look forward to more evolution without dissolution 50 years from now.
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Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE
Exactly. That was part of the point I was trying to make in my post. Race and ethnicity is/will always be a big factor of why people join these cultural organizations.
But 50 years from now, if we can imagine an America thats more integrated/tolerant/non-discriminative/whatever (if that ever happens) and more minorities feel at home in IFC/PC and join those orgs, then how will that affect the niche and role of these cultural orgs?
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America isn't going to change that much. The dynamics we see here are seen in various forms all over the globe. This industrialized nation works the way it works for a reason. I won't get into that.
As for the future:
I will be a Delta Dear and I will enjoy hanging with the Spring 2058 Sorors. They
might be more diverse in race and ethnicity and background. But my guess is that they will still be majority African diasporic, since this country is just one piece of the world puzzle of cultures, ethnicities, and overall human relations.
And that's a GOOD thing.
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Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE
Then again, I'm sure there will always be people who aren't interested in "white" fraternities and sororities.
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And there will always be "white" fraternity and sorority chapters and members who aren't interested in certain groups of people. But you are correct because we always discuss the similarities and differences between NPC and IFC and NPHC and MCGLOs in terms of founding purposes, traditions, operations, and programs. The similarities and differences are GOOD and I have no desire for a melting pot in terms of organizations or in terms of society. A salad bowl works perfectly as long as people seek understanding and fairness.
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