[SweetestDiva]

Originally posted by worriedsenior:
Isn't it a matter of opportunity as well? I will be going through rush this fall and everything I have read suggest the possibility of getting a bid from a sorority will rely on numerous variables. Yes, I will face discrimination, but on a different level than what blacks have suffered/are suffering. In other areas, there may be a different attitude towards rushing people from a different ethnic background. Do you really think at campuses like LSU, an intelligent, black female would be given the same consideration as her "paper" equivalent who is white? So, by having a BGLO, this woman has the chance to experience sisterhood and perhaps more importantly, enter into a network of people who will encourage and aid her in rising to success.
It would be ludicrous to suggest attitudes that have formed over years and years can be changed by merely integrating a social organization. Change will come one person at a time. That is where the leadership within each respective organization must pave the way. On a grand scale, all Greek organizations should strive to create opportunities for interaction between the groups. However, a sisterhood is a family and like all families, different traditions and rituals exist. Seperation is not always negative.
Instead of focusing on erasing our differences, we should celebrate them.
If anything I have said offends anyone, I am sorry. It is not due to a lack of sensitivity, rather a lack of writing skills.

Amen.