Latino Greek Letter Organizations

[juniebug19]

I don't mean to be rude, or negative, but if y'all don't mind, I rather give a more negative aspect of Latino/a Fraternities and Sororities, just so y'all see the "other side."



This past fall, I rushed a Latina Sorority. During rush, the women were cool, really down to earth, strong women. I decided to pledge this sorority. There was only one other girl who signed a bid for this particular sorority during rush, but during an informational meeting, 2 other girls signed up. Throughout all this, the sorority ladies stayed cool. They talked with me, they were just awesome.

Once our "process" (or whatever you would call it) started, the cool, sweet, down to earth ladies made a complete 180. This ladies became heartless, rude and demeaning. Out of us 4 girls that were pledging, 3 were Mexican and 1 was African-American. Although these ladies from the sorority said they had sisters of all nationalities throughout the nation, their actions in this specific chapter showed that they really didn't want my African-American friend. They treated her differently, constantly complaining about the way she did things, or the way she pronounced Spanish words.

This women, during our process, started to belittle us. As we walked pass them at school, they whisper about us, give us dirty looks, and during our "meetings" they would yell.

Finally, 3 of the 4 girls left (the only one who stayed was my African-American friend). Now, if we just even walk past us, they call us names. They have a reputation of being rude, snobbish, a little too overconfident when they shouldn't be, etc...its no wonder their numbers are so low.

I have talked to my American American Friend and the belittling continues, she still hasn't become a member of the sorority (and our process started around Halloween). The more she tells me about what is happening to her, the more i'm realizing that what they did to us could be considered Hazing. So i'm now i'm trying to get in contact with our Greek Life Advisor about this.


Note: I'm not trying to be rude. I still completely respect this organization, and if I was at a different campus, i'd probably rush this group again. I met some of their sisters from California and they are awesome, but just this particular group is NOT!