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Originally posted by GammaPhiBabe
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.
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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
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Thanks for the tip on which one UA is...
I think what i was trying to address was the pressure you mentioned on Black women to pledge only historically black sororities. Where is that coming from? What size is the black greek community at UA so that this pressure exists? I'm trying to hit at all sides of the problem... so, yeah, Miss Twilley(sp?) didn't get into a WGLO... she
also didn't get into a BGLO. What's the deal there?? If she was oriented to WGLO's that's fine... you don't hear of her coming under fire from the BGLO's. Why not?
Christina's appearance also
does come into play here, as unpalatable as that may be. Fact is, she doesn't have extremely dark skin, or other heavily African features. So I don't know to what extent, but IMHO, that probably helped her escape the pressure from the BGLO's that's been mentioned.
And the fact is, that if she didn't have to identify with the Black community because of the automatically segregating factor of her appearance, then she didn't face one of the obstacles to the WGLO rush signup that apparently other Black freshmen do. Which community does she more readily identify with? Not how she sees herself, but how do others see her? Who is she with more often? She may not appreciate that comment... but my reality has shown me that people interact with you based on how you look. And (again, in my opinion) doesn't have the features that'll scream "BLACK WOMAN" when she hits the door, especially to those unfamiliar with the Vanilla-to-Plum spectrum of Black features. Or, to put it another way, she has to
tell people that she's part black. So she didn't come in under the pressure. That's race in this country will do for you, take it or leave it.
This is all my opinion. What do youall think?