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"The value of our Fraternity is not in numbers,but in men,in real brotherhood."-Bro. Walter H. Maszyk,Esq.
I've read with interest this particular thread,and I do agree that the changing cartography of "race" is having an effect on our social makeup, even in Greekdom. But we must not forget that this conversation predates recent history. In the '40s and into the '60s, "white" Greek-letter organizations, which had exclusionary policies were under pressure from shool administrations to drop them. Some of this occured because individual chapters wanted to initiate non-white members and ran head long into resistance from chapters in the South.etc. Among the NPHC-member groups, this was an issue also. In my fraternity,Omega Psi Phi, we struck from our Ritual and Constitution any reference to race, ethnicity,etc. The tone of "inclusivity" that is being touted among NPC- and NIC-member groups is a recent phenomenon. These organizations were not founded in a historical vacuum either!
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