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3.3.6 Prestige Reasons
Chapter 3 - Overview of Rites 105
illustration below:
le carré long, N° 3, 1982, p. 64: Masons looking for jobs, rooms, or baby
sitters, indicating their membership by the symbol of the three points (white
Masonry)
On the one hand, Prince Hall Masonry, like its Caucasian counterpart, has an
ego-boosting function, created by its hierarchical offices, fancy costumes, and
pompous titles. Thus, as we will see in our exemplary chapter on the female
auxiliary order, the Heroines of Jericho, the members can wear royal attire and
play Princess and Honored Queen, wearing a crown. On the other hand, the
Order is no means for escapists to flee the harsh reality of black society in a
white capitalist environment, for it also offers real social advantages.
[...] Prince Hall Masonry over the years has not been a fantasy world in
which blacks have escaped from the problems besetting their race.
There have been fun and games, parades and costumes, incredible titles,
and much else. Some of the effects of these things have been