BGLO and GLO

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

My point is that NPHC orgs are extremely visible in the African-American community. So by the time most African-American students make it to college, they have at least a passing knowledge of these orgs and what they do in the community. To be honest with you, I had never heard of any NPC sororities until my sophmore year of college. I didn't get any info about rush my freshman year (maybe cause I'm black? ). But then again, you don't see me on GC talking about how much "better" the NPHC is than NPC/NIC the way some others do...

Some schools are just really bad about getting information out about their recruitment. I sincerely hope it wasn't due to your skin color.

[Langox510x]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

Some schools are just really bad about getting information out about their recruitment. I sincerely hope it wasn't due to your skin color.

I'm not saying anything about racism, but the truth is that many fraternities do look at minorities and assume that they wouldn't even be interested in the first place, which that is not always the case. I know it goes both ways too, because unless someone who wasn't black really stood out at a lot of black fraternities they probably would be written off as someone who wasn't that fraternities material either.

I mean Kathy, can you honestly say that a black person with a strong ethnic upbringing, someone truly conscious about who they and their ancestors are and had much pride, but at the same time was a true lady about it would have the slightest chance of "fitting in" with your sorority??

I'm so glad I found the right fraternity on campus (which isn't black either) otherwise I possibly wouldn't have pledged for anything.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by Langox510x

I'm not saying anything about racism, but the truth is that many fraternities do look at minorities and assume that they wouldn't even be interested in the first place, which that is not always the case. I know it goes both ways too, because unless someone who wasn't black really stood out at a lot of black fraternities they probably would be written off as someone who wasn't that fraternities material either.

I mean Kathy, can you honestly say that a black person with a strong ethnic upbringing, someone truly conscious about who they and their ancestors are and had much pride, but at the same time was a true lady about it would have the slightest chance of "fitting in" with your sorority??

I'm so glad I found the right fraternity on campus (which isn't black either) otherwise I possibly wouldn't have pledged for anything.

Yes, I definitely DO think women with that background would "fit in" with the chapter of my sorority I was in--I hung out with these women on a regular basis, and they also hung out with the rest of my sorority sisters. We had sisters from all ethnic backgrounds--what I am saying is that SOME of the ladies that were offered bids did not accept them, based solely upon the fact that KD was not a BGLO.