I currently live in Alabama near the U of AL, and I have not noticed that the state is more segregated than many other states in which I have lived (I was a military brat, so I've lived in a LOT of places!).
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Has anyone looked at the force of the pressure within the black community at UAB? (it is UAB, right?)
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Actually, the UA is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, about 50 miles west of Birmingham. UAB is actually in Birmingham.
I don't think that it's the fact that no non-biracial black women have made it through rush at UA that's the problem. I think the biggest problem, as Bama_Alumna has stated, is that no black women (other than M. Twilley) have attempted to go through NPC rush. Is this correct? From what I have seen, I'm pretty sure that *some* of this is due to the pressure on black women who are interested in greek life to pledge traditionally black sororities.
I have heard a lot about the new MCGLO that is being started at the UA and I think it's great. Good luck to you, TempleOne! Please keep us posted on how things are going for you. When will you hold recruitment?
I also would like to say that, as an alum of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, I have had some contact with the ladies of the Epsilon Lambda chapter at Alabama. I have met Christina Houston...she is a lovely girl. After her interview with the school newspaper last year, she was very upset to have been misquoted. Please let me clear up this misconception. She DID say that "the N words went flying," but she was talking about a date with a fraternity boy at a football game, NOT about her sorority sisters. Not that it's ok for a fraternity man to be saying that word, but I just wanted to let you know that it was not her sorority sisters that she was talking about, even though the reporter made it sound that way. I believe she even wrote a letter to the editor to clear this up. Also, some of you have stated that Christina does not "look black," and I think she would not appreciate that comment. She has a medium skin tone, dark eyes and black hair. I don't think it's fair to say that she "looks black" or "looks white." She has features of both races and she a wonderful girl inside and out.
Bama_Alumna, I don't know the solution to the integration problem at the UA. I agree that it will take both sides to resolve the issue. I do believe that if an African american woman decides to go through NPC rush, and she meets the same qualifications of membership as all other rushees, she will be given a bid by some house. What do you think?
-GPB