Who Has Removed Preferential Treatment for Legacies?

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by TXDG

Are members grumpy and even outraged about these changes? Sure. But they seem to be the same kind of people screaming “make America great (white) again” and fighting tooth and toenail against America becoming more diverse,, ignoring the huge “leg up” in life they had by being (mostly) white, college educated women. I won’t be so ignorant to think my daughter would be a better DG than a non-legacy just because of her family name. All legacy relatives should strive to raise their legacies in a way that every sorority is interested in her because her character, kindness, morals, service, and intellect radiate on their own.

Holy generalizations, Batman! I’m grumpy and voted for Biden. I’m grumpy that a triple XYZ legacy could get taken to Pref round and put at the bottom of the bid list. I’m grumpy that fantastic small town girls will get overlooked, and I’m grumpy that weak chapters will likely get weaker. I’m grumpy that this was shoved down the members throats with very little input/discussion. All the while...none of this is doing anything to change diversity in our groups.

[GoldenAnchor]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

I’m grumpy that this was shoved down the members throats with very little input/discussion.

If we’re still specifically discussing DG there was plenty of input and discussion before this change was made, this change was the direct result of a large outcry of members asking for this change and many others last summer. The discussion around legacy’s was happening for years and it finally was pushed to its breaking point when a chapter wrote an incredibly well thought out proposal to council for the removal of the policy and they listened to member input and that proposal was backed and supported by dozens of other chapters. (It was Beta - Washington if I’m not mistaken)

Just because others chose to ignore the conversation doesn’t mean it wasn’t happening.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by GoldenAnchor

If we’re still specifically discussing DG there was plenty of input and discussion before this change was made, this change was the direct result of a large outcry of members asking for this change and many others last summer. The discussion around legacy’s was happening for years and it finally was pushed to its breaking point when a chapter wrote an incredibly well thought out proposal to council for the removal of the policy and they listened to member input and that proposal was backed and supported by dozens of other chapters. (It was Beta - Washington if I’m not mistaken)

Just because others chose to ignore the conversation doesn’t mean it wasn’t happening.

Not specific to DG at all. Several other groups have had issues with this being thrown at them.

The policy some have had of "leaving it up to the chapters" (who, incidentally, likely all conduct recruitment/membership selection differently depending on the size and scope of their recruitments) made the most sense to me.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

Holy generalizations, Batman! I’m grumpy that a triple XYZ legacy could get taken to Pref round and put at the bottom of the bid list. I’m grumpy that fantastic small town girls will get overlooked, and I’m grumpy that weak chapters will likely get weaker. I’m grumpy that this was shoved down the members throats with very little input/discussion. All the while...none of this is doing anything to change diversity in our groups.

Yes! Yes! Yes! And they're claiming that they're doing it in the name of diversity but we all know it won't change anything, except to make the chapters less diverse because now the girls will only be voting for PNMs whom they know.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by carnation

Yes! Yes! Yes! And they're claiming that they're doing it in the name of diversity but we all know it won't change anything, except to make the chapters less diverse because now the girls will only be voting for PNMs whom they know.

Bolded to make things louder for those in the back!!!!