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Originally posted by sugar and spice
Also, in many of the articles about Melody Twilley (the girl who wanted to "integrate" NPC sororities at Bama), there were mentions of a biracial girl who had rushed earlier ("passing" for white the entire time) and she said that girls in her house used the n-word all the time and made some disparaging comments towards blacks. No matter how competitive rush at UGA and Bama is, you've got to assume that race played some sort of role at some if not all of the sororities, especially when articles about these sororities include quotes from members like "No fraternity would mix with us if we had a black girl!" Any house who doesn't chastise a sister for using the n-word has some issues with race, period.
I think the issue of black women not feeling comfortable going through NPC rush is a much more common one -- I know that is an issue here. I remember seeing ONE black woman throughout all of my rush. We have quite a few girls of Asian descent in the NPC sororities, but almost no Hispanics or African-Americans. I think part of this is just playing off the campus atmosphere -- it is very divided racially. I'm not sure how we can encourage more Latinas and black women to rush when the reason they aren't has just as much to do with the way campus is than the way the sororities are.
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Since most of us recognize that something is wrong the next step is to change what was done in the past. Like if you haven't seen any minorities at rush or very little, take the time and think about why. Maybe they aren't being reached.
It will also take more than encouragment. The first thing some minorities will see is the lack of any color besides white, so they are going to feel uncomfortable. And there is always the fear of being hurt. I know I felt that way when I thought about going NPC during my sophmore year. But. . .
THANK GOD I found TNX!!!! I'm lucky. . .I found my place at college, not what was expected of me as a black woman, but MY place.
