elite cliques and organizations. The first black sorority founded in the early 1900s on the campus of Howard University was said to only accept members with fair skin or dark skinned girls who came from prominent families. One of the black fraternities, which was founded at a white institution has also been accused of only offering membership to male students with light skin and good hair. Professional and family organizations like Jack and Jill of America, Inc. and Links, Inc. are also said to have members of elite backgrounds and/or fairer skins. Although these groups were founded almost a hundred years ago, the concepts and elitist attitude that they were founded on still exist.Although there are prejudices that occur within the black community, discrimination towards blacks from out side groups is still a problem. Racism is one of the main topics from Woodsons book that still has relevancy today. Racism has evolved since slavery and whites have found subtle and discrete ways to keep blacks as the inferior groups. Examples of passive racism are turning black families down for home loans, only giving acceptance to top universities and colleges to small numbers of blacks and allowing predominately black grade schools to provide inadequate education to their students. Many blacks are also discriminated when applying for jobs and promotions at large corporations. A black man in particular, may have a tough time when applying for high-level position although he has the credentials and experience needed. Woodson discusses this problem in The Miseducation of the Negro when he talks about there being no type of education or training that can guarantee blacks job opportunities. Although discrimination is apparent in the work place, some blacks are being hired at top levels in technology and business fields. Many companies have diversity departments that are used to recruit minorities. Many large corporations like Nationwide, Lockheed...
