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Originally Posted by amIblue?
I think there's truth in what both DrPhil and carnation are saying. Yes, the sororities have to like the girl or she's not getting a bid, but I still think there's some of that look at how cool and diverse we are because we have a black sister. Just my humble opinion.
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Yep. And I know I've seen stories—usually horror stories—of inter/national offices or even college administrators who have basically forced a chapter to take someone it didn't want to take. It may not end well, but it certainly has been reported to happen.
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Originally Posted by MaryPoppins
And I was going to say (but checked myself, and then decided it was in fact relevant) that diversity is a continuum for most places. You can't define yourself as diverse because of one African American, or one Asian American, or one Arab American, or one or a few anything. Diversity means picking each one on her own merit.
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I think that's very relevant to what a number of people have been getting at.
But I'd take it a step further. I think chapter diversity, at least in terms of racial or ethnic or cultural diversity, means more than just having some non-white members. I think it means not expecting those members to "adapt" to a majority-white chapter ethos or culture—not to be "just like the rest of us"—but rather expecting the chapter as a whole to adapt to and be enriched by how "they" are
not just like "us."
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