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That's enough.
Frankly, I've had enough of the Alabama-bashing. I am a member of an NPC sorority and, as you can see by my user id, I am also an alumna from The University of Alabama. I am not a racist or a white supremicist or a nazi. I wasn't around when the Jim Crow laws were upheld or when Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
I am 27 years old. I have black friends, white friends, hispanic friends, jewish friends, asian friends and friends who are of "mixed" origin. I was at my chapter's house last year when Melody Twilley came through the door, and although I can't disclose the details of our voting procedures, I can assure you that skin color had nothing to do with the reason she was dropped from my house. She was a junior, she had a bad reputation on campus and she was rude to my sisters. Any one of those things would have ruined anyone else's chances of getting a bid on that campus, yet she cried "racism!" and here we are today, still discussing it. There are dozens of girls who get cut from rush for any number of reasons.
To see the comments of you who do not live here, have never even visited, and only know about Alabama through the eyes of Hollywood say that "Alabama is one of the most racist states in the world," or that you shouldn't be surprised if an Alabamian is a racist, is not only offensive to me and the other people on this board who are active members and alumni from UA and Auburn (not to mention Samford, Jacksonville State, UAB, etc.) but should be offensive to anyone who is against stereotyping.
I would also like to add that I know of three bi-racial members of NPC sororities at UA right now, and that if an African-American woman chooses to go through NPC rush, she would be given the same chance as any other woman. (Possibly even more so, because of the opportunity for good PR for the house extending the bid. Just look at the good press Gamma Phi Beta has gotten this year and Christina Houston isn't even the first bi-racial woman to pledge an NPC house at UA!) As of now, no African-American woman has even registered for rush at UA, with the exception of Melody Twilley. How can we extend a bid to a woman who doesn't even want to go to a recruitment event?
So, I'm sorry if I offended anyone with this rant, but I am so sick of hearing how awful Alabama is and how racist I am supposed to be just because I live here. I don't have a rebel flag in my yard, I don't drive a pickup truck, I don't know anyone who talks like Forrest Gump, and the usual Hollywood portrayal of the south is about as realistic as the Legally Blond portrayal of sorority life.
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