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Originally Posted by Gusteau
Exactly, didn't anyone at the school think that the action would highlight the issue even more?
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I agree. I know an older NPHCer (she wasn't a student) who worked for Greek Life and advised the NPC. She wasn't a recruitment counselor but her experience highlights what we're talking about.
She absolutely LOVED working with the NPC and it was a breath of fresh air from working with the NPHC, which was too familiar for her. One thing that she always noticed was that she was either the only nonwhite woman everywhere she went for the NPC; or she was one of only a few nonwhite women. And these were pretty big chapters. That's not bad in and of itself because I firmly believe that most of our GLOs have the racial and ethnic composition that we were formally and informally intended to have. Plus, we don't have a whole lot of "other race" interestees and applicants, therefore, it is usually not an issue of people being discriminated against.
But, it was funny because her presence highlighted the lack thereof. The nonwhite NPCers definitely latched onto her. The white NPCers loved her but everyone knew that there weren't any or many women in their chapters who "looked" like her. It became a topic quite often.
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