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Old 08-21-2003, 12:29 PM
sugar and spice sugar and spice is offline
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Originally posted by Angels&Arrows

I would never dream of walking into someone else's chapter and TELLING them they need to pick a PNM based on her color, personality, religion, etc.
But to me, this is one of those things that hurts the whole system. One of the many critiques agains the Greek system (among those that we haze, drink too much, have promiscuous sex, are elitist, are snotty, are spoiled brats . . . etc.) is that we are racist, keep girls out of our sororities because of their race, and foster segregation. We like to say those accusations are false, but every time they turn out to be true it makes us look liars, destroys our credibility and works to ruin the good things we've worked hard to accomplish. How can I honestly tell people that the Greek system is NOT racist when things like this make it blatantly clear that sometimes it is?

We Greeks often wonder why, after all the philanthropy and sisterhood/brotherhood and leadership opportunities and successful alumni, we STILL have an image problem. Here, in black and white (no pun intended), is one of the reasons why.

Last edited by sugar and spice; 08-21-2003 at 12:31 PM.