Race & Sororities

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by UMryanne13

Hi
I'm a bi-racial (black/white) female attending Ole Miss in the fall. I want to rush, but I don't want to limit myself to historically black sororities. Is race a deciding factor in most sororities? Are any of you members of sororities with members of a race other than the majority?

Any advice or information will be greatly appreciated.

as you can see i never said i didn't want to join a black sororities...
i said i don't want to limit myself.
as in i want a chance at more than 4 organizations.

but to give you a better understanding of why i would like to try for more than just those 4:

i've always gone to predominantly white schools.
the majority of my friends are white (the black kids thought i was weird because i "acted white." but that's an inside issue?)
i've always been myself.
i've always acted the same... i uphold the things my BLACK family taught me...

so i can assure you i'm perfectly fine with my race... i know who i am... but i've never been one to sit around and follow the norm.

[please don't take this as me being rude because that's not my intention... but as a whole (i'm not saying all), i've not been accepted within the african-american community because of my PERSONALITY...]
i want to be somewhere that i'll fit in and not have to monitor my natural personality...

I think that your reasons for wanting to join a NPC org are a bit weak, but they are your reasons and I respect them.

And to that, given your background, I know of young biracial kids who wanted to join a NPHC org because they wanted a more historically Black experience. So, it can go either way.

At this point, the best way to help yourself is to get off GC and any other greek-org related web site. I've seen NPC pnms chances ruined because they came on here and revealed too much info about themselves. You may not think it can happen, but it can. I'm always amazed at the GC sleuths who figure out who / where people are (in terms of the schools they attend) and the outcome for that pnm is not always positive. And, these pnms, I presume, are White!!

I do hope that you are able to find the sisterhood that you feel is best for you. Just don't limit yourself purely based on racial reasons. Once you get to your university and start to meet more people, more diverse people, you may be surprised. You may end up in a NPC and if that is your desire, I hope you are successful.