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Originally posted by phikappapsiman
I'm smart enough to know that maybe a lot of big state universities, and a lot of the schools in the south have greek systems that are very much separated by race, and a lot of smaller, private schools are more interracial, and they look at the person as a whole, not just the color of his/her skin. I just would like to find people who have stories that they would like to share either way-even if you think that it is a good thing to not admit someone of a different race. Thanks again...
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Phikappapsiman,
You're right about big state schools and some schools in the South not having very integrated Greek systems. However, I have found that it isn't necessarily because the organizations don't
want to be racially diverse, but more because minorities have shown little interest in rushing.
I live in Georgia and am an advisor to one of my sorority's chapters at a state school here. I can honestly say that our chapter does not discriminate against anyone, regardless of race or religion, and that we do have minority women in many of our chapters throughout the country. However, the chapter I advise is rarely offered the chance to "integrate" minority women into our organization because so few go through the Rush process.
People go where they feel most comfortable. This is true everywhere, not just in the Greek system, so I can certainly understand why some minority women prefer to join Greek organizations that are made up of other minority women with whom they share a common background.
Concerning the chapter I advise: We occasionally have Asian women rush (and do have Asian chapter members), but very few African-American women do so (only one in the past 2 years, if memory serves). I feel that part of the reason for this is because the HBGLO organizations on campus are very well-known in the community, so they draw many of the interested minority women due to their strong reputations. I don't think that this is a "bad" thing at all. After all, we each want quality women in our organizations. If Alpha Kappa Alpha gets a wonderful AA woman to join their group, then it may be a personal loss for Delta Zeta because we didn't get her as a member, but, overall, the Greek system as a whole has been made stronger by her membership. That, to me, is the most important thing.
