Minority members of IFC and Panhellenic - Page 2

BabyPiNK_FL · #16 03-31-2005, 12:52 AM

I was telling an aquantance while shopping, that I planned on joining a sorority. She then did the AKA call and asked I was joining "THAT ONE". I was like um.. noooo!

I was at but was contemplating switching to another school and then someone asked me (because that is the only HBGLO for females at that school I was thinking of transfering to) if it was AKA. I was like no......

The point is-it's not that AKA isn't a GREAT organization, it's just that just because I'm black that doesn't mean I'm joining the only HBGLO you have probably ever heard of! LOL These people should get educated!

At my school the minorities are majorities. Most of the population is hispanic, the majority of the white, hispanic, etc. all go to the South campus where as Blacks are noticably concetrated at the North campus. I go to the South campus and only recently have the HBGLOs begun to present themselves at greek activities that I've attended. I've spent the majority of my time in school with HWGLOs (even though at my school they are majority Hispanic) (LOL!

) and I feel most comfortable with them. My boyfriend is a hispanic GLO and so are the majority of the greeks I know and why would anyone assume that I would travel half way across the county when I fit in where I already am. (Not to say I wouldn't enjoy any GLO) but when you are home, you kinda know it....

roqueemae · #17 03-31-2005, 03:08 PM

WHY? Does everything have to turn into this?

DSTCHAOS · #18 03-31-2005, 04:28 PM

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WHY? Does everything have to turn into this?

Ask Toby Reynolds. I suspect he didn't know what else to type.

DSTCHAOS · #19 03-31-2005, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by FiReKraCkEr
I'm Korean and in KD.

I've had a few Koreans actually ask me what it's like and why I didn't join Korean Association.

But other than that, people don't automatically assume I was in a cultural org.

Where I have lived, people do not assume that someone belongs to a "cultural org." (what the hell does that mean, by the way?) unless the person is Black or a non-white Hispanic.

DSTCHAOS · #20 03-31-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by starang21
quite far from the truth...at least what i've heard.

Toby Reynolds doesn't care about truth. Just ignore it/her/him.

DSTCHAOS · #21 03-31-2005, 07:39 PM

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Originally posted by FiReKraCkEr
sorry, Cultural Organization.

There are Cultural Organizations for Asians as well.

LOL...I really just wanted to know what people mean by "cultural organizations."

What makes them "cultural?"

I apologize for the confusion.

Taualumna · #22 03-31-2005, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
LOL...I really just wanted to know what people mean by "cultural organizations."

What makes them "cultural?"

I apologize for the confusion.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing that FiReCrAcKeR means clubs and GLOs that are of Asian interest and where most or all members are of Asian descent.

DSTCHAOS · #23 03-31-2005, 08:48 PM

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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing that FiReCrAcKeR means clubs and GLOs that are of Asian interest and where most or all members are of Asian descent.

That's a reasonable explanation. Thanks.

So, organizations such as Sigma Chi and Tri Delt would be called what?

I'm really just trying to stay up-to-date with all the terminology.

Taualumna · #24 03-31-2005, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
That's a reasonable explanation. Thanks.

So, organizations such as Sigma Chi and Tri Delt would be called what?

I'm really just trying to stay up-to-date with all the terminology.

Sigma Chi is an NIC GLO and Tri-Delt is an NPC GLO. They are not culturally based organizations because they are not ethnic/culturally based. It just happens that in many chapters, members are predominantly white.

DSTCHAOS · #25 03-31-2005, 09:06 PM

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Originally posted by Taualumna
They are not culturally based organizations because they are not ethnic/culturally based. It just happens that in many chapters, members are predominantly white.

starang21 · #26 03-31-2005, 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by DSTCHAOS

lol

gpb1874 · #27 04-01-2005, 05:21 PM

whites have culture too!

just not much color.......

also think it means that cultural organizations tend to focus on activities/projects related to a particular culture or an issue for a culture.

Phasad1913 · #28 04-01-2005, 05:44 PM

This brings up an interesting question that I have had for a while. What is "ethnic"? When people say she is a ethnic woman or these organizations are ethnically based, etc. What exactly is the term ethnic relative to?

DSTCHAOS · #29 04-01-2005, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by gpb1874
whites have culture too!

also think it means that cultural organizations tend to focus on activities/projects related to a particular culture or an issue for a culture.

I know.

So, again, why aren't organizations like Sigma Chi and Tri Delt "cutural organizations?" Is it because people believe it is a MERE coincidence that these organizations are predominently white on a national level? Is it also a mere coincidence that their philanthropies TEND not to focus on minority communities, specifically?

What makes our organizations so different?

DSTCHAOS · #30 04-01-2005, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by Phasad1913
This brings up an interesting question that I have had for a while. What is "ethnic"? When people say she is a ethnic woman or these organizations are ethnically based, etc. What exactly is the term ethnic relative to?