Originally posted by enswaclopedia
What I mean is that the Zeta's have always been a very very very very very very very distant third to the AKA's and Delta's in all categories. I never hear anyone say I going to be a Zeta. They just seem to one day show up with a blue tee shirt on. The same thing with the Sigma's. They are always a very very very very very very very very very very very very very vewry very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very distant fourth to the Nupe's, Que's and Alpha's. This is not smack but truth. You better watch out; Iota Phi Theta is gaining ground on you. There is no need for you to snap at the truth.
I actually don't have time to respond to your ignorance, nor did I even feel you deserve a response, but I guess I will give you one. What catagories are we behind in? Community service, membership, trailblaizers, ect.. I'm curious. What is your basis? Do you live in a hole or something? Maybe some chapters may not be doing well - but there are several that are making it happen.. Phi Beta Sigma is on the move... Since you want to speak on catagories:
In politics, we have trailblazers like Bro. Rod Paige, Sec. of Education, Bro. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) - and I could go on. In business, we have brothers like Bro. H. J. Russell, who owns the largest black construction firm in the US - and I could go on, mentioning other CEOs and entrepeneurs.. In sports, we have brothers like Bro. Emmitt Smith (NFL's leading rusher) and Bro. Jerry Rice (the most prolific receiver in NFL history)... In entertainment, we have brothers like Bro. Blair Underwood and Bro. J. Anthony Brown.. To keep our race motivated, we got brothers like Bro. Les Brown... And I won't even start with brothers like Bro. George Washington Carver, Bro. A. Phillip Randolph, Bro. Harold Washington, ect. since it seems as if you are saying that we are behind today. As for our membership we are almost 200,000 - so how is that behind? And not to mention our community service projects - Project SWAAC (Sigmas Waging War Against Cancer), Sigmas against teenage pregnancy and so on....
By the way, are you Greek? If so, why did you join the organization that you are in? I am willing to bet that you suffer from sterotype syndrome. From your responses, you seem like the type of person that looks at an organization for a certain image - because if I join this fraternity, I can be pretty or I will be noticed when I wear my slacks and my Tommy shirt, or I just pledged so I got to get me a brand and some boots, or I will be noticed for being intelligent now. You may see some trends, but you will not see a single trend with Phi Beta Sigma. If I had this mentality, I would have probably become a Kappa...
FYI, I've always wanted to be a Sigma - every since I was in the second grade. I come from a legacy of Sigma/Zeta (mother, both brothers, all aunts except one, and cousins), and no one ever put any pressure on me to become a Sigma - I did because of my desire. More Alphas and Kappas spoke to me about pledging than anyone else. And just to let you know how bad I wanted Sigma, there were only three brothers on campus when I got to Alabama A&M University and they didn't get any respect. People called them lame arsed frat and everything under the name of the sun. But guess what - I pledged in the Spring of 1994 on a line of 16 and we took the campus over. The same people that called Sigma a "lamed-arse frat" were the same ones at the front of the line waiting to get into one of our parties. And when I left Alabama A&M, our chapter had over 50 members. And that chapter still has over 50 members today. My point is (just in case you didn't catch it), is that the people make the organization - the organization does not make the people.