Oscars.... "Sorority racist"

[thetalady]

Chris Rock says that Hollywood is "sorority racist." We really like you, but you're just not a Kappa.

[ChioLu]

Chris Rock -- he's participating in "tent talk"!

[tinydancer]

I thought that was funny!

[Nanners52674]

I may or may not have snorted when he said that.

[Sen's Revenge]

I am so glad y'all didn't have a cow. I literally was like OH GOD GREEKCHAT WILL BE AFLAME. LOL

[AZTheta]

Most of us have a sense of humor. *Most* being the key word.

[thetalady]

Well, of course not everybody saw the humor....

Sorority Racist

[AnchorAlumna]

Way to pick out tweets to suit your agenda.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Historically white sororities and fraternities are institutionally racist by their very nature. That doesn't mean that individual chapters and members aren't doing good things, but if your organization favors legacies or women with recs, you are automatically expressing a preference for white membership.

[rockwallgreek]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Historically white sororities and fraternities are institutionally racist by their very nature. That doesn't mean that individual chapters and members aren't doing good things, but if your organization favors legacies or women with recs, you are automatically expressing a preference for white membership.

I have a problem with this comment. It will be 16 years in the future, but my two year old fully Hispanic, adopted granddaughter will have multiple recs if needed. She is my granddaughter and she is beautiful. She also has three aunts and her mother to write recs. Another daughter who is "approved and waiting" in the adoption process may have a daughter who is green with purple polka dots. She will also be showered with recs. The only thing I automatically do is love my grandchildren.

[amillionlights]

Originally Posted by rockwallgreek

I have a problem with this comment. It will be 16 years in the future, but my two year old fully Hispanic, adopted granddaughter will have multiple recs if needed. She is my granddaughter and she is beautiful. She also has three aunts and her mother to write recs. Another daughter who is "approved and waiting" in the adoption process may have a daughter who is green with purple polka dots. She will also be showered with recs. The only thing I automatically do is love my grandchildren.

That's not what DeltaBetaBaby is saying. It's truly great that your grandchildren in your situation will have recs/legacy status - it's wonderful for them! But historically, people of color have not had the same opportunities to become members of historically white GLOs as white people. Therefore, as a whole, they have fewer opportunities to be legacies/find recs. It's an institutional issue, not an individual one.

[jolene]

Originally Posted by rockwallgreek

I have a problem with this comment. It will be 16 years in the future, but my two year old fully Hispanic, adopted granddaughter will have multiple recs if needed. She is my granddaughter and she is beautiful. She also has three aunts and her mother to write recs. Another daughter who is "approved and waiting" in the adoption process may have a daughter who is green with purple polka dots. She will also be showered with recs. The only thing I automatically do is love my grandchildren.

A chapter sister of mine & her hubby adopted a child from Guatemala. She'll be legacy and have a zillion recs if she goes to a school with Alpha Xi Delta. If she goes to a school that doesn't have AXiD, I'll give her info to get recs from other Panhellenic friends.

[Sen's Revenge]

Of course a child of color who is adopted by a white family would have access to recs and legacy status. That's the privilege of whiteness in this case.

The African American valedictorian, volleyball/women's basketball captain, student government president of a predominately black DC Public School will not have the same opportunity. She is not only far less likely to have NPC members in her family, but she's unlikely to have NPC members in her community.

A Latina with similar credentials would be even worse off, as her community and family is less likely to be college educated at all in a city like DC, so while the black achiever has the potential for NPHC connections, the Latina achiever has none.

The institution itself is actually racist. This is before you even get to the question of whether "Rhonda" is "Kappa" or not.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by amillionlights

That's not what DeltaBetaBaby is saying. It's truly great that your grandchildren in your situation will have recs/legacy status - it's wonderful for them! But historically, people of color have not had the same opportunities to become members of historically white GLOs as white people. Therefore, as a whole, they have fewer opportunities to be legacies/find recs. It's an institutional issue, not an individual one.

Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge

Of course a child of color who is adopted by a white family would have access to recs and legacy status. That's the privilege of whiteness in this case.

The African American valedictorian, volleyball/women's basketball captain, student government president of a predominately black DC Public School will not have the same opportunity. She is not only far less likely to have NPC members in her family, but she's unlikely to have NPC members in her community.

A Latina with similar credentials would be even worse off, as her community and family is less likely to be college educated at all in a city like DC, so while the black achiever has the potential for NPHC connections, the Latina achiever has none.

The institution itself is actually racist. This is before you even get to the question of whether "Rhonda" is "Kappa" or not.

Exactly.

[NWguy]

1) Doesn't this vary by region? In California and Pacific Northwest, there is a significant percentage of Asian students joining fraternities and sororities. In Florida, where my brother went to college, there were quite a few Hispanic men in fraternities.

And I believe there's a slight increase of East Indian students also going through recruitment each year, at least from some of the recruitment videos posted online from my fraternity.

2) I know that some African-American students choose to join multi-cultural fraternities; so they haven't been discriminated against, they simply just chose to join those fraternities instead.

People say that fraternities and sororities have been, and continue to be, racist. But maybe it's really because the number of minority students going through recruitment is low to begin with.