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Originally posted by justamom
Yet, it's ALWAYS pointed at traditionally white sororities. I'd like to see some of us try to go into the BGLO forums and say these same things.
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Um, maybe it's because many (notice I didn't say ALL) of the traditionally white greek letter societies had discriminatory clauses until the 1960s, and some fought tooth and nail against their removal. Some of the elite universities chose to remove all Greek societies rather than have ANY with discriminatory clauses. The nine member groups of the NPHC did not, and do not, have such clauses. So, naturally--the BGLOs aren't the natural targets for such criticism.
We are, and with historically good reason. I've seen many more diverse (racially, religiously, socioeconomically, family structure, hell--even piercings) NPHC chapters than I've seen NPC chapters. I'm very proud to be a member of my sorority, but to say that we're justified in any discriminatory behavior that violates the Civil Rights Act is damned ignorant.
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Originally posted by Angels&ArrowsI 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.
To me it is one thing to state our opinions, it is another thing to put a system or something down that you have never been a part-of or have no first hand knowledge of.
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As someone who DOES have first-hand knowledge of some of the Greek systems most discussed on GC, I feel I can say that they are ANTIQUATED. Whatever happened to going to college for an education--not to rush or to get your MRS?
