By: Alexander Merriweather
One part of college life a section of students experience is the greek life. Some students already heard of them from high school and heard of a few stereotypes about them. But there are two different crowds of people that hear about greek life, the whites and the blacks. White people mostly hear about the Interfraternity Greek Conference and the National PanHellenic Conference while black people hear about the National Pan-Hellanic Council.
As a black man, I only had real experience meeting black fraternity members while I was in high school. This showed me how they give back and how positive of an impact they give. The only impression I got from the IFC is that they only party and get drunk everyday. A white man may say the opposite thing because they may have interacted with the IFC more. The reason for this is that the IFC at my school has less than a handful of black men. This can be the opposite from a white man's perspective because the NPHC is mostly black.
A person's instinct to stick to people of their own race when going to somewhere new could be the reason for thinking this way. There will be one point in time where there will be a lot more black people in the IFC and NPC and vice-versa with the white people and NPHC. Where will be moment in time start? I don't know.
One part of college life a section of students experience is the greek life. Some students already heard of them from high school and heard of a few stereotypes about them. But there are two different crowds of people that hear about greek life, the whites and the blacks. White people mostly hear about the Interfraternity Greek Conference and the National PanHellenic Conference while black people hear about the National Pan-Hellanic Council.
As a black man, I only had real experience meeting black fraternity members while I was in high school. This showed me how they give back and how positive of an impact they give. The only impression I got from the IFC is that they only party and get drunk everyday. A white man may say the opposite thing because they may have interacted with the IFC more. The reason for this is that the IFC at my school has less than a handful of black men. This can be the opposite from a white man's perspective because the NPHC is mostly black.
A person's instinct to stick to people of their own race when going to somewhere new could be the reason for thinking this way. There will be one point in time where there will be a lot more black people in the IFC and NPC and vice-versa with the white people and NPHC. Where will be moment in time start? I don't know.
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