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Originally Posted by GDIfly
Well, there is a lot about each person's individual experience that could potentially make two COMPLETELY different experiences for two girls who are even in the same chapter. So to generalize and say "us" and "them" isn't really productive.
Is what you described typical of a white girl rushing an NPC sorority? No. But I'm sure there have been girls who are legacies to some NPC sorority 3 or 4 times over and feel the same way you do about dying without letters rather than joining a different sorority. Likewise, I'm sure there have also been black girls who would join any of the four NPHC sororities, though they might have their favorite, but will take life as any greek over their favorite sorority.
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More excellent points, GDIfly! Piggybacking on this topic, sometimes any PM can feel pressured by family members to only join a certain organization. For instance, my brother later told me he didn't want me to join KD because once upon a time, when he was in Florida, the KDs he met wouldn't "party with him and his brothers, and seemed snotty." Although I like to think I wouldn't, I would most likely want my daughter to join Kappa Delta, although I respect and admire many other GLOs. Back to the topic though--we once rushed a girl who loved our GLO, loved everyone in it, but whose mother wouldn't let her join because it was not a traditionally African American sorority. That just makes me sad, because I know she would really have loved being a part of our chapter, and our national organization, for the rest of her life. Sometimes outside influence is not a positive effect on people with respect to joining a GLO. What is best for you might not be what was best for your brother, cousin, best friend, or even--child.