Many of us have admired the sororities and fraternities based on what we have seen in the movies and on TV. However; at the same time we never really understood them, or knew what they were for, what they meant or why they was even needed. I know for me I never knew the sole purpose for them, although I thoroughly enjoyed watching them do their dances. I myself would see and hear about what they had to do, to be in these groups, and I would say never for me, but I had no idea what their main purpose was.
You hear people call it The Divine Nine. So that is kind of giving you some information if nothing else, we now know there are 9 different groups. I also was confused as to why they used Greek letters, but I found out that when these sororities were first organized in 1776, learning Greek was part of the curriculum in college, not so much now. This was also a way to separate themselves from the norm, kind of how V.I.P. is used today.
These letters soon became nationally recognized in universities all over the world. Each organization has special colors, handshakes, dances, rules and regulations, but they all have a common theme, and that is to support each other and to build up their communities.
The greek life is a continuous role, in terms of helping each other. Just like the bible say we are helpers one to another. They also form lifelong relationships. Women join sororities and men join fraternities.
There are some qualities that you must have to be able to join.
First and foremost your personality has to have the right energy, you have to have academic excellence, you must participate in community activities, as well as campus activities. All of these are created to form a powerful bond and build a unified base.
I believe that’s why Ron Desantis has attacked the HBCU’s and also why there were bomb threats to these schools last year. Like I said,;
UNITY IS THE WHITES MANS KRYPTONITE!!!
That’s where the SB266 bill comes into play. At first they were saying that the fraternities and sororities could not accept funding from anybody, if they talked about critical race theory, DEI, or was involved in fundraising, but thanks be to God it was changed, but they neglected to tell us about what they didn’t change, and that is; if a professor who normally had tenure based on their credentials, experience and longeveity they couldn’t be fired, but that was when it was white men. But now, because there are a few more black professors the rules have been changed not to protect the innocent.
The real reason they are attacking these schools, because they have produced some of the best doctors, lawyers, civil rights activists, scholars etc. The HBCU’s were initially started because they didn’t want black people in school with them. I love how God turn things around and make it for our good. Even when they did evil in his sight.
Here are just a few of the famous black people who went to these HBCU’s and are members of these sororities and fraternities.
ALPHA PHI ALPHA:Raphael Warnock-First black to represent Georgia in the Senate.
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA:Kamala Harris-First black elected to be Vice-President.
KAPPA ALPHA PSI:Bernard A. Harris Jr-First black to walk in space
OMEGA PSI PHI:Michael Jordan- 6 time NBA championship winner
DELTA SIGMA THETA:Shirley Chisholm-First black woman elected to the United States Congress and first back woman to run for president.
PHI BETA SIGMA:Kwame Nkrumah-First prime miister and president of Ghana
ZETA PHI BETA:Zora Neale Hurston-Author, anthropoligist, and film maker
SIGMA GAMMA RHO: M.C. Lyte-Hip Hop pioneer and first female rapper to release a full album.
IOTA PHI DETA:Terrence Connor Carson- Jazz vocalist, and Actor known for his role on Living Single.
These fraternities and sororities have become safe spaces for young black people to feel good in the skin that their in, and be around like minded invividuals like themselves. This creates excellence in school and in their communities, while laying a strong permanent foundation for professional opportunities in the future, that are usually not given to them in this so-called color-blind world.
I always say if it is so color blind, why do every application, whether it’s for a job, school, or an apartment want to know your race. There is only 2 reasons for this question.
We all know why. Either its so they can get funding for a quota to fill, or to stop your progress toward a certain thing, that they (racist white people) don’t think you deserve.
So everybody let’s stay WOKE! PAY ATTENTION ! They are literally trying to lull us to sleep with the trumps stuff, the tik tok stuff, while they are making, creating and passing laws that will not only affect black and brown people, but the 99%. Right in a city near you. That’s why Ron Desantis wants to get rid of the term WOKE, because he knows that he’s not that clever when people are watching him, and he won’t be able to get away with the crazy dangerous stuff he doing.
PAY ATTENTION to your local politicians and whose running for what. The governor, the school superintendent, the mayor, the police chief and the fire chief, because I guarantee you what they do, will not only affect you now, but in the years to come. Republicans are trying to take away our social security and saying that we shouldn’t retire if we can’t afford to. That sounds slap crazy. A term I borrowed from Tony Gaskins
How are we going to leave this world for them?