A historically black fraternity has voted to induct former President Bill Clinton as an honorary member.No offense to any Sigmas, but when I was forwarded this story and saw the headline, all I could think was "this is either Alphas or Sigmas, just watch. Kappa men would never do this." And sure enough...
Phi Beta Sigma President Paul Griffin Jr. said Friday that Clinton is the first U.S. president to be inducted into a historically black fraternity.
The fraternity voted Tuesday for Clinton's induction at its 95th Anniversary Conclave in New Orleans, La.
Stevie Wonder, Al Roker, the Rev. Al Sharpton and jazz musician Ramsey Lewis are also honorary members of Phi Beta Sigma.
The fraternity was founded in 1914 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. It has more than 150,000 alumni and college members in about 500 chapters throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Africa and Asia.
Again, nothing wrong with grand symbolic gestures (let's face it, every black frat is trying to "claim" Obama), but this just seems a wee bit behind the times, no?
Question: What were the Sigmas thinking? Had Obama pledged, what would he have gone? Nupe? Alpha? Q-Dawg? Blue Phi? G Phi G? Iota?
Historically Black Fraternity Inducts Bill Clinton As Honorary Member [HuffPost]
