The new millennium hasn't been kind to Lambda Phi Epsilon

[L.O.C.K.]

nwu43,
I wouldn't make assumptions about the reasons why certain organizations were founded.

Even within the Asian American Greek community, there are many organizations that were founded for different reasons.

Pi Alpha Phi was founded b/c Chinese Americans were banned from joining White Greek orgs.

Chi Alpha Delta was founded b/c Japanese American women couldn't join White Greek orgs.

Sigma Phi Omega was founded in response to the heavy anti-Japanese sentiment in California following World War II.

Pi Delta Psi was founded to create an organization that would strengthen the Asian American community as well as advocate for the needs of Asian Americans and create a "unified" force.

I'm sure every organization has a slightly different reason...although many of the newer organizations (post 1980) all have very similar foundations.

As for LPhiE being 60% white at Kansas, that isn't the norm across all Asian American Greeks.

Out of all of our chapters, the most diverse is UC Riverside - they have three Mexican American brothers, 2 white brothers, and one South Asian brother.

However, most chapters have 2 max of people of outside cultures/ethnicities. Is this bad? No. The organization is Asian-interest, and because of the strong ties to culture and the community, inevitably the pool of people we pull from is mostly Asian American.

Nationally, we are about 95% East/Southeast Asian. Possibly higher.

Sigma Beta Rho, a South Asian based multicultural fraternity, is only about 60% South Asian now.

What I am trying to say is every organization is different, and LPhiE, nor PDPsi or any other organization, "represents" Asian American Greek life.