More minorities join Alabama sororities

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

They're even wearing white! How perfect for new member ceremonies that require white dresses!

I'm interested to see how many non-white girls go through next year and how many of THOSE girls get bids without a giant national spotlight shining on Alabama recruitment.

I'm interested to see how many APHs try to make connections with minority women and get them to the info sessions for high schoolers, help them find recs, and encourage them to rush.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I'm interested to see how many APHs try to make connections with minority women and get them to the info sessions for high schoolers, help them find recs, and encourage them to rush.

We've already been doing that.
Yes, in Alabama.

[DrPhil]

When organizations (in general) have an abundance of members (not every member but a substantial amount) who believe "we don't seeee raaaaace" and "weeeeee are colorblind unlike those other GLOs..." it makes me wonder....

Why have you supposedly been recruiting racial and ethnic minorities?

Why do (some of) you care about that?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

When organizations (in general) have an abundance of members (not every member but a substantial amount) who believe "we don't seeee raaaaace" and "weeeeee are colorblind unlike those other GLOs..." it makes me wonder....

Why have you supposedly been recruiting racial and ethnic minorities?

Why do (some of) you care about that?

Well, I'm not in the South, but I want good women to go through recruitment, and if we limit ourselves to white women, we are going to miss out on a ton of good members.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Well, I'm not in the South, but I want good women to go through recruitment, and if we limit ourselves to white women, we are going to miss out on a ton of good members.

I definitely don't see this as a Southern thing.

Pardon me if I am way off the mark here but if more organizations are making the conscious effort to recruit nonwhites, isn't it a good idea for them to tell their members to quit the "we don't see race" routine (that is a big turnoff to some nonwhites as well as some whites)? I know GLOs technically can't control how members feel and what members say but it does help when members are formally told that intentional efforts to recruit nonwhites means that the members (at large) do see race, ethnicity, and culture and there's nothing wrong with that when both intent and outcome are positive.

[33girl]

I think that members are trying to say what DBB just said but don't have the age/experience/verbal faculty to say it.

Re the ADPi picture, I was too freaked out by those screaming hot pink skinnies to bother looking at what race anyone was.

[DrPhil]

What members?

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

We've already been doing that.
Yes, in Alabama.

We do this in our Alumnae PanHellenic Association here in Georgia!