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Originally Posted by 33girl
That isn't what I said. If you have 5 COB spots and the 5 women the chapter likes most and wants to give those bids to are all Black, that's fine - even if the chapter might get looked at funny for it. What I don't agree with is "targeting" Black women for COBs if there are other women the chapter would rather have. When you have numbers issues you don't need to throw accusations of tokenism into the mix. Plus, at some schools COBing is so looked down on that bringing in a Black woman that way would make things harder for her.
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If pledging an AA woman is that controversial, the timing of when a chapter chooses to give a bid to an AA member (during COB or during Formal recruitment) would make no difference. It will make no difference. Having five open spots for COB at a campus that looks down on COB does not mean a chapter is struggling. The groups that take members during COB aren't suddenly on different standing when they are in formal recruitment. Their position in the Greek system is the same year round. Holding off pledging an AA woman because OMG it's a COB bid and people look down on those bids so we can't possibly diversify the chapter during that time. Choosing to recruit a wide range of members rather than just all white members doesn't mean that a chapter is being forced to take black women instead of the white ones they'd rather take. It's about deciding to make an effort to meet people outside your regular group of friends and finding women of other ethnic groups that would make good members because they may expand the experience of your chapter. The benefits of such an approach are the same as when a chapter chooses to select for any other trait such as academics, dancing ability, singing ability, appearance, etc.