National "Personality"

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by starang21
anything pop off?

You! Corner! Now!----->

Don't let me have to get the switch, or even worse the belt!

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by Drolefille
I know I said that the school considered it so, I also tried to establish many a time that I know that this isn't the case, at the same time I've seen discussions on here where NPHC members said that they weren't sure they'd be ok with a white person joining and that though they'd never met a white soror if they did, they'd want to question them or wouldn't consider them truly part of the sorority. This is individual and not institutional but obviously discrimination still exists in every facet of life, sadly sometimes even in Greek Life.

I hear you.

I will admit it took me awhile to fully embrace my White sorors. But now I do with no problem--at least those that are working for the sorority (but then I don't embrace any soror that are not working.)

But the funny thing is I never had a problem embracing those of other ethnicities from jump. Maybe it was a person of color thing. Go figure.

[Drolefille]

Originally posted by ladygreek
I hear you.

I will admit it took me awhile to fully embrace my White sorors. But now I do with no problem--at least those that are working for the sorority (but then I don't embrace any soror that are not working.)

But the funny thing is I never had a problem embracing those of other ethnicities from jump. Maybe it was a person of color thing. Go figure.

May I ask why it took a while for you to embrace your sorors who were/are white? I don't think I felt/feel the same way about my sisters who are black/asian/hispanic or just all around mutt as we call it. If you're prefer to PM that's ok, i'm just curious.

I think the discussion has strayed some *cough*alot*cough* from the original topic of reputations and such.

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by Drolefille
May I ask why it took a while for you to embrace your sorors who were/are white? I don't think I felt/feel the same way about my sisters who are black/asian/hispanic or just all around mutt as we call it. If you're prefer to PM that's ok, i'm just curious.

I think the discussion has strayed some *cough*alot*cough* from the original topic of reputations and such.

No I don't mind answering here.

Growing up in St. Louis, I suffered a lot personally from racism, physically as well as emotionally -- yes some friends and I were physically attacked going home from elementary school, while racial slurs were being thrown around. And I was excluded from classmates b'day parties, etc., but would hear them gloat about them on Monday.

This is because I was in a "gifted program" located in a previously un-integrated school, and there were only a handful of Blacks in the whole school. We were constantly teased about our hair, skin-color, etc., and even the teachers joined in.

I joined my sorority, because it was for and about Black women. So I had a hard time reconciling why a White woman would "infiltrate" our sisterhood.

However, living in Minnesota has reshaped my views, as has getting to know several White sorors personally.

BTW, because of my experiences in elementary school, my parents then sent me to an all-Black high school--Sumner.