Let's get back to the issuse at hand.
I am an African American that is in a NPC sorority. I have visited Alabama many times. I absoultely love it there. I have found that Alabama is one of the most friendly states that I have ever been. With that said, I must say that Alabama has it problems just like any other state with racisim. Yeah, it my be a little more divided in certain parts of Alabama. Espically (sp?) when it comes to college campuses. The fact that UA has yet to offer a bid to any African American, just floors me.
When I went though rush the first thing that came in my mind is what if they don't like me. Not if, what if they don't like me because I am black. But when I went through rush at my school it was the first time that any African Americans went through and to have 3 that says a lot. I know that my campus is not the size of UA (actually is a lot smaller).
But have they done things to promote multiculturalism within their rush? It sounds to me they haven't. It sounds like they like it the way it is. And they want to keep it that way. What if UA had 50 African Amrerican females to apply for rush? Would all the chapters cut them because of something petty? I think they might. But the chapters what to make quota, so they might not cut them then. Just because someone is a junior does not mean that they cannot rush. Look at all the times (here on GC) that someone who is an upperclassman and we tell they to go ahead and rush and be upfront with them about your class status. To cut someone because they are a junior is very petty. Who's to say they cannot give you one good year? I know that you pointed out that she was rude too. Can you give me/us some rude things that she did? Or would that violate your voting procedure? I know you were there we weren't.
As for the Houston female. I am completly upset with her. How can she be so navie about her sisters? If they can use the N word in front of her and then say that they don't think of her like that. They do! For them to say it in front of her shows that they have NO RESPECT for her at all!! Like Houston said they are denying her other part.
I must be very fortunate that one of my sisters has not used that word in front of me. Everyone knows how I feel about that word, and if they said that word in front of me out of anger of what someone else did to them. I will not speak to them anymore, because I have lost all respect for them (because I do not use that word at all). I just really suprised that she has yet to lose respect for some of her sisters. Because that is very offending.