|
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, an organization that serves as a coordinating body of nine traditionally African American organizations.
In terms of internal matters such as honorary memberships, it is best not to generalize. If you choose to speak on honorary memberships in terms of your own organization, then that is fine -- I will read whatever you have to say about Iotas prominent and/or honorary members with an open mind.
What I will not stand for is ANYONE generalizing what my fraternity handles internally strictly because we are a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. What you may BELIEVE is true of all, most, or many NPHC organizations is NOT universally true.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., does not initiate honorary members, and has not done so for decades. That has no bearing on the present conversation, because PM_Mama asked about FAMOUS Greeks, not honorary or pledged Greeks. Imperial1 brought up the very much off-topic point of these people being honorary, which was wrong, as PsiPhiRuss stated. It was an assumption she made based on her own organization's practices. Because I have done research into non-NPHC organizations, I know better than to assume that their famous members are mostly honorary. You came in with the assumption that HER assumption was based on her knowledge of NPHC practices. Honorary memberships are at the discretion of each NPHC organization, and NOT something that can be generalized or universally applied.
Alpha is not the only NPHC organization that does NOT currently have honorary initiations. Therefore, once again, I refuse to generalize NPHC organizations strictly because they are NPHC organizations, or any fraternity or sorority just because they are fraternities and sororities.
For further reference, I highly suggest The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life by Charles Harris Wesley.
|
Threaded Mode