Latinamerican joining Fraternities

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

He isn't seeking to join a particular GLO or even a particular council or conference. His imagery is based on American vs. Non-American.

There is a problem with making "American college experience" synonymous with "white college students' experiences" and therefore making "American fraternities and sororities" synonymous with "predominantly white fraternities and sororities/NPC/NIC."

NIC =/= whites only anymore. This ain't the 60s, unless, of course, we're talking about Old Row fraternities at Alabama, which we're likely not. I take offense to that.

Reading the OP's post, I cannot imagine he'd be very interested in joining an organization set up to cater to U.S. ethnic minorities.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

NIC =/= whites only anymore.

It means historically and predominantly white. Don't pretend that segregation has ended in America and the average NIC chapter is not predominantly white or all white.

Originally Posted by Kevin

Reading the OP's post, I cannot imagine he'd be very interested in joining an organization set up to cater to U.S. ethnic minorities.

Correct, he is looking for an organization set up to cater to (your wording, not mine) the U.S. majority which is whites. That's his vision of America and his vision of Greekdom.

Someone tells him about Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity and chapter consisting of Latinos, Asian, African American, and people of European descent; and the OP replies that these people are mainly non-Americans and that's not what he's looking for. I doubt his response would have been that different had he been told "Latin-American," "Asian-American," and "Americans of European descent."

[DrPhil]

As always, I do find humor in BGLOs/LGLOs/AGLOs/MCGLOs being the organizations "set up to cater to U.S. ethnic minorities" and therefore being considered the only organizations "set up to cater to" U.S. racial, ethnic, and cultural identities.

That leaves the rest of the organizations. Who are these organizations set up to cater to? Are people still pretending that the remaining organizations are racially, ethnically, and culturally neutral? They cater to thousands of people who have invisible racial, ethnic, and cultural identities? Defining the organizations that are uncoincidentally predominantly white as mainstream, the majority, and neutral is one reason why BGLOs/LGLOs/AGLOs/MCGLOs were founded in the first place and remain relevant and prevalent in 2011.