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I will definitely agree that there is a double standard here. NPHC organizations are rarely singled out for being "racist" because they only have a handful of non-black members. Yet NPC organizations are constantly picked on for their "inherent racism" because they have few minority members.
Contrary to popular opinion, 99.5 percent of historically white organizations do not throw ghetto fab parties, dress in blackface, or hold mock "slave auctions." Most of us became racially de-segregated over 50 years ago. The overwhelming majority of us would LOVE to have more diversity in our chapters. But, as many people who have replied to this thread have mentioned, minorities aren't joining -- and the ones who are are often pressured or even threatened unless they drop. I fully respect a black woman's desire to join an NPHC organization instead of an NPC organization if that's where she feels more comfortable. However, if she joins an NPHC organization and then complains about how it's the NPC's fault that we're still so "racially segregated," that's when I start to get annoyed. There's only so much that NPC sororities can do to become more diverse if those of different races aren't going to join.
Last edited by sugar and spice; 03-05-2003 at 06:33 PM.
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