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Originally Posted by Hartofsec
One point I have seen raised in this thread is that removing the possibility of exclusion based on race is not enough to integrate chapters (such as Alabama, for instance) - that more needs to be done to recruit AA members. This is a valid point considering the preparation necessary to participate in a recruitment of this nature.
I looked at the University of Maryland AOII facebook, and did not see AA members (and none among those in white dresses - are these new initiates?).
The Arizona State University Panhellenic Recruitment Guide doesn't reflect NPC chapter membership of AA women either:
http://asupan.com/wp-content/uploads...oklet20121.pdf
Just using those examples as you mentioned these states.
So I guess my question is -- what threshold of AA membership is considered "fully integrated" and sufficient to claim that a chapter is racially diverse?
Do these chapters actively recruit AA women? What have the chapters you advised done to address recruitment of potential members from diverse racial and socio-economic backgrounds? |
Wow. Ok. First - look at the student demographics at ASU - it's 65% + white, and an additional 8% is "unknown", and 7% is "International", so those numbers could be even higher. The student population is only 3% African American. You forget that in the southwest and west coast, demographics represent large Asian and Hispanic populations, not African American populations.
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Second - the point being made was that PNMs are not being turned away due to blatant race issues, although I concede that there may be some soft discrimination - we all have biases in favor of people who are similar to ourselves.
The point is that at many schools, minority women of all stripes and shades have very little difficulty getting bids, and the top minority women are going to the top chapters.
But, none of this addresses the larger issue of the demographics who are being attracted to recruitment, which arguable skews whiter than overall student populations.
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Originally Posted by Low D Flat
That's been my experience, too. It seems to be true even on campuses where most chapters COB. My theory is that, as noted upthread, "top-tier" NPC chapters sometimes have more of a cookie-cutter skinny white look (sometimes also blonde). The weaker recruiting chapters are more likely to be diverse in terms of appearance and body type, even if all the members are white. If I'm a nonwhite woman, even if I'm skinny and Hollywood pretty, I might gravitate toward the WRC where there's more than one OK way to look, and it doesn't seem like fitting a visual mold is key to belonging.
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I'll agree that I find WRCs are typically more diverse, but I'm not so sure it's that PNM preferences are the main drivers here. I think you're going to see a combination of factors - soft discrimination, typical beauty stereotypes that emphasize skinny blonde girls, and a differences in recruitment preparation between demographic groups.
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