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You guys need to chill.
In reading most of these posts, I can't help but smile at some and nod my head at others. I'm a Brother of Wine Psi Phi Social Fraternity and it seems that there are a few misconceptions as to what my fraternity is really about.
On behalf of the Frat, I apologize if some Bros have come off a little salty. Many of you on this site are younger than pretty much all of the Brothers of WINE, and due to this, have never heard of us. We weren't a national organization when we were founded--more like regional--so there are some areas where even older people don't know who we are. If you have older people in your fam who went to colleges up and down the eastern seaboard, chances are they know who we are. The 60's gave birth to many "Social" orgs on predominantly black campuses including Wine, Groove, Iota (Yes, Iota stared as a "Social Fraternity"), Esquires and others unfairly categorized as "Mock" organizations by many members of NPHC orgs. Wines were never 'wannabes' as someone posted on this thread; many blacks during the Black Power Period chose not to label themselves as "Greeks". Frankly, our founders could have named the frat Epsilon had that been their choice. Many campuses didn't allow fraternities to form unless they had Greek letters in their names, thus the PSI and PHI in our name. Our founders simply saw a need to organize but didn't want a Greek title. Greek-lettered frats modeled themselves using Masonry, but that didn't make Phi Beta Kappa Masonic 'wannabes'. Non-Greeks modeled themselves after Masonry and Greeks. That doesn't make us 'wannabes.'
IDGAF is a secret motto for us. People didn't text in the 60's, so IDGAF back then wasn't assumed to mean what I'm sure you all assume it means. Had our motto been, Learn, Motivate, Achieve and Objectivate, I'm sure we would catch comments over LMAO too. Some Brothers may play around and say that we don't give an F as much as some Kappas say they can always 'find new p___y', or a Sigma claiming to be a 'god over mutts, apes and bunnies'. Sometimes it just is what it is. We know what it really means and if non members want to play around with what they think it means, it's a free country, have at it.
Wines are taught when they pledge to view the world as one family under one God. We're all interconnected in some way so its best to treat each other with respect. I don't hate on Greeks, so I don't expect them to hate on me. I respect your frats, so please respect mine.
Yes, we're in the process of bringing WINE out of its dormant period. I won't discuss in detail, since its fraternity business. Other than that, If you have questions about my frat, hit me up.
Peace to everyone and IDGAF to all of my Brothers.
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