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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
EW,
I may have missed something in your posts. I understood you to say that because this chapter pledged a minority member that no decent group would want to associate with them socially, and you seemed to say it a way that indicated that you thought that this was right and good. As if, of course, after they pledged the minority member, no good groups would deal with them. They got what they deserved for being so stupid as to pledge a minority. Maybe I read over the part where you expressed sadness at the injustice of social shunning based on the race of members.
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Well they were not doing terribly well before hand, so initial shunning had nothing to do with a minority.
Given the position they were in at the time (doing poorly on campus with no traditions/connections) and knowing the attitude of the campus towards this sort of thing at the time, it was not a good choice to pick a minority. If one wants to look at reality and what it set off, then there's no way around it.
Top sororities can pledge a minority and everything be great because they rest on their tradition. A relatively new sorority (and struggling) cannot do the same. At the position they were in at the time, it was not a good idea but of course this is all in hindsight which is an important thing to consider.
The entire point of what I have been driving home repetitively is that it is about tradition and connections, which was what I said in my initial post. If they have the tradition and connections, a sorority can do whatever it likes with it's pledge classes and be successful (resting on it's laurels, essentially), regardless of the social attitudes in the area.
I don't have to express "sadness at the injustice" etc, because this is evident as well. It is my cousins sorority and I hate to see it fall off like it will because of poor decisions and certain social taboos. It was her only shot at a sorority because she was from out of state.