Wow, heated topic...
Well sorors and friends, this is my take.
I don't have a problem with having sorors of other race. Quite honestly I love it. She may not have gone through a lifetime of what some of us go through, but if she pledges and she understands what our people went through, that takes her one step closer to the reality. And not only does she want to help MY PEOPLE and MY COMMUNITY, she wants to call me "soror" in TRUE sisterly Sigma love. Many sorors (black or other) don't understand how deep that is. We are bonded to each other though organizational history, laws and policies, beliefs, and goals. That is simply why she deserves to be called my soror. Sigmas are not bonded by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character (hmmm, where'd I get that one? lol).
As far as SGRho being started on a white campus, this is true. But Im tired of hearing from Greeks and nonGreeks that we were founded because we couldnt get into the existing white orgs at Butler, or just because we wanted to have our own sorority. We were founded as a network of school teachers to better the quality of education for minority youth. NOT because we couldnt get down with the white sororities. And not because we wanted to be seperate. It was because we wanted to fulfill a SPECIFIC purpose that NO ONE else was addressing. And While our founders aims may have been targeted at African Americans, we know FULL WELL that our aims have extended past that. Do we only serve black schools? black community centers? black nursing homes? black teenage girls? I hope the answer is NO!!
"Whites, Asians, Latinos (not of African descent) can never understand the day-to-day struggles we face as black people existing in a racist society. Therefore, this makes them unable to really connect with our community, let alone understand, respect and embrace our culture (referring to Black Americans only)." The first part may be true, but does one need to connect with the school kids to fix their school or donate books and school supplies? All they need to do is see the need and adress it. I may not know fully the plight of Africans dying from starvation, but with our project Africare, I can address it. Feel Me?
"A person does not need greek symbols to clean a community, mentor a young adult, or feed the poor. If non-blacks want to help our community (and I do not think they can), they can do so without any black organizational affiliation." This is true also, but the same goes for blacks. We dont need organizational affilliation to do community service either. Is that the only reason we join? More than likely it isnt. We join for the service, sisterhood, and scholarship.
So the next time yall see a white, asian or Latina soror, think of the work she is doing and the purpose she is fulfilling before you look at her color.
Yeep Out
SoloRHO
PS: I used a lot of Interested Lady's response in my post. Please dont take it as an attack friend, I just wanted to address alot of the opinions you put out there. Peace always!