Blacks that rush NPC

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

fixed ya post

Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

Because we are Southerners, and that's what it's called. If you prefer, we could call it the 'Late Unpleasantness'.

LOL. Theme song could be "The Night the Barbecue Went Out in Georgia" or "Yankees Just Don't Understand" or "They Won't Do it Our Way" or "Yankee Doodle Came to Town and Took Away My Sla-aves".

[33girl]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

"Yankees Just Don't Understand"

I will work on the words to this over the weekend if I get a chance.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

[mini-hijack] Why are you calling it the "War of Northern Agression". It is called the Civil War and in all technicalities the South started the war by firing upon unarmed Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. So maybe if the name of the Civil War is going to be changed it should be the War of Southern Agression, since they started it. [end mini-hijack]

Bless your heart.

Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

Because we are Southerners, and that's what it's called. If you prefer, we could call it the 'Late Unpleasantness'.

LOL.

[catiebug]

That's what my great-grandmother called it. And I know I am so going to be in for it when my 10 year old son learns more about what his school calls "The Civil War" next year in sixth grade. He is now beginning to understand that the War of Northern Aggression was begun over the rights of the individual states.

I do declare, sometimes I hate living up here in yankee land.

Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

Because we are Southerners, and that's what it's called. If you prefer, we could call it the 'Late Unpleasantness'.

[alphagamgirl06]

Are we really talking about this? I think everyone can use history lesson go read the Declaration of Secession the civil war wasn't really started over states right necessarily it was really started over slavery even though no one wants to say it. South Carolina didn't like that the Union was allowing states to have their own rights especially when it came to slavery. This meaning that if slave owners from SC went to New York they weren't allowed to bring their slave because they weren't allowed to have them. For more info read the book the Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen. Ok lets get back on topic now.

Go for it girl, Just be yourself and go through Rush. They should love you for who you are and if you don't get a bid then maybe it wasn't meant to be.

[PANTHERTEKE]

And to contribute to the post, like BabyPink said, people like you for YOU.

If you feel comfortable going through NPC rush, then go for it. It sucks that some people miss out on such great organizations just because they think they won't fit in or it wasn't made for them.

[DoubleTDG]

My grand little is black in a mostly white sorority, and girls were fighting over who would be her big sis because she is one of the sweetest and smartest girls we recruited.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by AEcutiePhi

^^^^^^
Aren't you being a bit harsh?????

Anyways..... in reply to this thread.....
One of my best friends in my sorority is black. There are also people who are asian, indian, and arabic. I honestly don't think anyone thinks about it when we're all together unless somebody brings it up. When rushing be yourself because that's all that's going to matter in the end.

I just felt the need to interject with this:

Please run and tell my stuck on stupid friends that Arabic is a language, it's not a religion. --Rev. Jeremiah Wright

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by tld221

I just felt the need to interject with this:

This gets us into another important point:

Having "different types" of people in a chapter is a surface-level fix if people do not talk to each other about things that would matter on the outside world (i.e. the difference between Arabic and Arab).

This is why I don't like it when people say things like "whether you're black, white, purple, green, whatever...people are people" or "it doesn't matter what race you are" or "I don't see you as black, I see you as my friend." You don't have to ignore social attributes for someone to be in your social circle. Don't be afraid to civilly talk about things that go beyond the surface level because that's what INCLUSION and DIVERSITY really mean.

[taurus0426]

[quote=DSTCHAOS;1644681]This gets us into another important point:

Having "different types" of people in a chapter is a surface-level fix if people do not talk to each other about things that would matter on the outside world (i.e. the difference between Arabic and Arab).

This is why I don't like it when people say things like "whether you're black, white, purple, green, whatever...people are people" or "it doesn't matter what race you are" or "I don't see you as black, I see you as my friend." You don't have to ignore social attributes for someone to be in your social circle. Don't be afraid to civilly talk about things that go beyond the surface level because that's what INCLUSION and DIVERSITY really mean.[/quote]

True

[taurus0426]

I know the feeling since I'm at a crossroads with a few NPC and NPHC orgs. I feel like I need to pick what's right for me but at the time have something in common with the group. If I joined a NPC I think I would feel out of place since there arent a lot of blacks usually in them but sometimes I feel like I wouldnt fit in a NPHC beacuse I've always been in mostly white organzations (beacuse I went to mostly white schools). I guess at the end of the day it just all boils down to which group you would feel the strongest bond with.

[PandaPi]

At my school, there is at least one black girl in each NPC group. The black girl in AOII is one of my best friends in the whole world and we get along so great! (I'm surprised that she hasn't posted to this thread yet because she's a GC freak like me too)

I asked her once why she joined AOII and not an NPHC group and she said that she didn't want to deal with all the bullcrap involved with those groups in order to get in (I have no idea what that "crap" is because I know next-to-nothing about NPHC groups, sadly... apparently recruitment for them is a very secretive and drawn-out process, at least on my campus...). And that she felt that she needed to help AOII get on its feet as a chapter (we were a colony last year).

NPC or NPHC... it's whatever you want it to be, really. I don't think you should have a problem "fitting in" at all. And when you go through recruitment you'll have a good idea of the chapters that like you and the chapters that you like so it'll be easier to see which one is the right fit for you.

Oddly enough, there is one white girl in my school's Zeta chapter... she's so cute and really looks like she belongs there and is wanted by her sisters (she's in ALL their pictures looking like she is having the time of her life.) AND, there is one white guy who's a Sigma at my school. Go figure. They seem to be very happy.

You'll be happy too, whatever you choose!

[taurus0426]

Originally Posted by PandaPi

At my school, there is at least one black girl in each NPC group. The black girl in AOII is one of my best friends in the whole world and we get along so great! (I'm surprised that she hasn't posted to this thread yet because she's a GC freak like me too)

I asked her once why she joined AOII and not an NPHC group and she said that she didn't want to deal with all the bullcrap involved with those groups in order to get in (I have no idea what that "crap" is because I know next-to-nothing about NPHC groups, sadly... apparently recruitment for them is a very secretive and drawn-out process, at least on my campus...). And that she felt that she needed to help AOII get on its feet as a chapter (we were a colony last year).

NPC or NPHC... it's whatever you want it to be, really. I don't think you should have a problem "fitting in" at all. And when you go through recruitment you'll have a good idea of the chapters that like you and the chapters that you like so it'll be easier to see which one is the right fit for you.

Oddly enough, there is one white girl in my school's Zeta chapter... she's so cute and really looks like she belongs there and is wanted by her sisters (she's in ALL their pictures looking like she is having the time of her life.) AND, there is one white guy who's a Sigma at my school. Go figure. They seem to be very happy.

You'll be happy too, whatever you choose!

Actually I hear the NPHC organzations are easier to get into since you decide which house you want and go from there? The NPCs I hear are the ones that pick and choose while YOU personally pick your NPHC house. Dont quote me on this I heard this somewhere else but maybe that's how it was at that school? That's pretty strange coming from NPHC?

[tld221]

Originally Posted by taurus0426

Actually I hear the NPHC organzations are easier to get into since you decide which house you want and go from there? The NPCs I hear are the ones that pick and choose while YOU personally pick your NPHC house. Dont quote me on this I heard this somewhere else but maybe that's how it was at that school? That's pretty strange coming from NPHC?

a PNM can say "omg i'm going to be a Zeta Tau Alpha," an interest can say "omg i'm going to be a Zeta Phi Beta."

just because the approach differs between NPC and NPHC doesnt make one easier than the other.

[Munchkin03]

Depending on the school you go to in the South, or the Midwest, you could be limiting yourself to the lowest tier groups on your campus. I'm not hating, I'm just saying.