More minorities join Alabama sororities

[Sen's Revenge]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Yes, yes it will, because these ladies certainly didn't pick none of those colored girls Not that the majority of the alumnae are that backward, but there will undoubtedly be some or this problem would never have existed in the first place.

LOL!

I would find it amazing if practically any NPC alumna joined an association. Or frankly, an NPHC young lady transferring to a graduate/alumnae chapter.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge

LOL!

I would find it amazing if practically any NPC alumna joined an association. Or frankly, an NPHC young lady transferring to a graduate/alumnae chapter.

Me too! Antecdotally, I get the feeling that Black NPC alumnae stay involved for longer as alumnae (on average) than their white counterparts. Maybe because there are so few and they/we stand out? Maybe I'm making that up?

Again--let me know how these women fare in a few years and I can tell you if this integration was a success.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Maybe I'm making that up?

You are not.

Also, this whole thing makes me picture Oprah standing up and being like "YOU GET A BLACK GIRL! YOU GET A BLACK GIRL! EVERYBODY GETS BLACK GIRLS!"

There has to be a gif for that.

[DrPhil]

LOL. Please someone create that Oprah image.

Yeah this is just...interesting. Pardon some of us for not drinking the Kumbaya kool-aid. But we could probably tell from the end of that other thread that this quick response would be attempted.

[PersistentDST]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

You are not.

Also, this whole thing makes me picture Oprah standing up and being like "YOU GET A BLACK GIRL! YOU GET A BLACK GIRL! EVERYBODY GETS BLACK GIRLS!"

There has to be a gif for that.

*Falls out*

All I picture is a bunch of girls screaming/clapping/cheering and running to hug the nearest Black girl...

[DubaiSis]

Well the reality is the vast majority of NPC women never join an alumnae group, regardless of race, so whether members of color would join based on sense of welcome or community ties or whatever (or not) would be even harder to gauge.

[DubaiSis]

On a similar issue, did ADPi select any women of color for the colony at Ole Miss? I tried to snoop but the group was so big that the faces were indistinguishable. It seems like a colony is a good time to break some of those historical trends.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

On a similar issue, did ADPi select any women of color for the colony at Ole Miss? I tried to snoop but the group was so big that the faces were indistinguishable. It seems like a colony is a good time to break some of those historical trends.

Looks like they did.
instagram pic from their meeting
http://instagram.com/p/feFFbbkKA6/#

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Looks like they did.
instagram pic from their meeting
http://instagram.com/p/feFFbbkKA6/#

Of that I could see, I counted 4 ladies of color.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

On a similar issue, did ADPi select any women of color for the colony at Ole Miss? I tried to snoop but the group was so big that the faces were indistinguishable. It seems like a colony is a good time to break some of those historical trends.

There were no historical trends to be broken at Ole Miss. Some of the sororities have already had black members at Ole Miss for many years. Yes, some are still segregated, but not all groups.

[DubaiSis]

The "I don't see race" thing might even be more northern. But that's the sort of thing that you can tell an 18 year old girl is not cool to say, explain WHY it makes her sound like a doofus, and she will, after a few minutes of embarrassment, get the message and watch what she says in the future. The problem is there is no good way to talk about it without sounding either racist or superior.

That may be why this forum is a good place to hash it all out. We can say something, make a mistake, get corrected, and learn something from the process. All with a certain amount of anonymity.

I still contend that the land between segregation and diversity is tokenism, and there's not much you can do about that if you want to get from A to B. These college girls can be really proud of themselves for pledging a black girl, but if things go well, the result will be that some of these girls will end up with an actual friend who is black. And that's a good thing. She might have been pledged because of her race, but presuming she doesn't have horns, they may actually get to like her over time as a person, not a fill in the blank person. But that doesn't happen over night, and we have to give these girls a bit of a break as they transition into new territory. And if the worst thing that happens is some girls say some less than graceful statements in an attempt to sound worldly, then we should call that a win.

[Titchou]

Maybe we all need to take the Implicit Association Test (IAT).....

[DrPhil]

Only if it won't lead to a diversity workshop. Gag me with a spoon.

If some folks are interested:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implici...takeatest.html

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Only if it won't lead to a diversity workshop. Gag me with a spoon.

If some folks are interested:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implici...takeatest.html

I love those. I always score meh on all of them.

[Titchou]

Oh yeah!