Thank you Sister Soror Mccoy Red. You have hipped me to some relationships of which I was unaware. I remember when my chapter had a "Dog Chase the Cats" party with some of our favorite fraterity members, the Omegas. Oh, we never thought we'd hear the end of it from all sides!
You know I feel you implicitly, Soror ZetaAce. I have been a Zeta for several years, and have never gotten combative when my best friend (an AKA) says to me "we're the first and the finest" (well, the latter I may have issue with
. It's basically true, and I have no desire to dispute it at face value. However, whenever Zetas and Sigmas point out one of OUR key differentiators, some people are quick to mention "I've seen Zetas and Sigmas who hate each other" or "I've seen Kappas and Deltas who are tighter on the yard than Zetas and Sigmas,"
. That's not the point we're trying to make. The point is that we are the only constitutionally bound fraternity and sorority in the NPHC.
Zeta's were also the first to charter a chapter in Liberia, Africa. No one gets uptight when we say that, nor when we mention that we were the first to create adult and youth auxiliaries, among other "firsts". However, it only seems to be the brother-sister issue that gets folks down right testy. It's really unfortunate, because it causes folks on all sides to overreact on an issue that really shouldn't be open to debate anymore than the fact that Delta is the largest organization for black women, for example, or that Sigma Gamma Rho was founded by 7 school teachers. Our constitutionality is simply a "fact of the matter", without requiring an assigning of any "value" (whether it is "tighter" than XYZ's) to it at all.
-shela
[This message has been edited by Shelacious (edited October 09, 2000).]
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