What do people think about ethnic GLOs

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Originally Posted by L.O.C.K.

The reason minority Greeks were created in the first place was because of racist laws that we're taken out until the 1960's by most organizations and still provide the backdrop for our current setting.

1980s? Most were gone by the mid 70s.

What do NIC/NPC orgs do *specifically* to benefit the Black/Latino/Asian communities? I don't see the organizations as a whole maintaining a committment to communities of color.

They do make a committment to better the community as a whole, however.

Studies have bee done on this. The results show that ethnicity is something one can't really be open about in many (not all) NPC/NIC chapters.

But you can't necessarily be open about them in "ethnic" GLOs either, unless it is very ethnic specific. Say ABC, an Asian GLO is predominantly Japanese. You are say, Korean. The Japanese members may or may not be open to your culture 100% of the time.

Every organization was founded on certain values/beliefs. You're not going to see minority Greek organization membership go down until you see increased racial integration across NIC/NPC orgs as a whole (which is a LONG way off) and true equality for all people in this country. That's the reality.

True

If those guys want to start a chapter of whatever fraternity it is, let them. Minority Greeks focus on specific communities. If NPC/NIC organizations aren't helping those communities, then don't complain when people join those organizations.

But for schools who have made an effort to have more minority members in NIC/NPC groups, some worry that membership will drop once more minority GLOs come on board.