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Old 05-07-2021, 09:16 PM
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I went digging and found Facebook posts regarding the legacy policy changes for a handful of organizations. There is certainly a mixed bag of responses for each.

Alpha Sigma Alpha
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...composer=false

Gamma Phi Beta
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...composer=false

Kappa Alpha Theta
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...composer=false

Kappa Kappa Gamma
https://m.facebook.com/kappakappagam...composer=false

Sigma Sigma Sigma
https://m.facebook.com/sigmasigmasig...composer=false
The last two didn’t come up. I certainly had some favorites in these, though.

-The Theta who said that GPA shouldn’t be a factor because your parents might be in jail. (I would venture that if your parents are in jail sorority rush is the least of your worries)

-The frequently posting Gamma Phi who apparently has zero understanding of the difference between NPC, local Panhellenic, and individual GLO policies on recommendations, but has no problem weighing forth as though she does.

As far as the ASA thread I plead the 5th

I’ve come to the conclusion that a scuttling of legacy policies would have been received with far less acrimony if it had been explained that after 150 years of sorority membership, there were so many legacies coming through some chapters that the actives had no agency as far as being able to choose women other than legacies. I think everyone would have related to that, sympathized and understood and been supportive of a change. Instead it’s turned into a big virtue signalling moment to the point that some women in those threads actually APOLOGIZED FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP. It makes it sound like the only thing holding back sororities from being bastions of diversity were these antiquated policies. (Psssst: there’s lots more than that.)

The chapters whose members are diverse in race, sexual orientation, physical appearance and economic status will continue to be so, and those that are homogeneous will continue to be so. The only thing that will change is who will be the new superstar as far as national headquarters and chapter awards are concerned.
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Old 05-08-2021, 07:52 AM
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The last two didn’t come up. I certainly had some favorites in these, though.
I’ve come to the conclusion that a scuttling of legacy policies would have been received with far less acrimony if it had been explained that after 150 years of sorority membership, there were so many legacies coming through some chapters that the actives had no agency as far as being able to choose women other than legacies. I think everyone would have related to that, sympathized and understood and been supportive of a change. Instead it’s turned into a big virtue signalling moment to the point that some women in those threads actually APOLOGIZED FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP. It makes it sound like the only thing holding back sororities from being bastions of diversity were these antiquated policies. (Psssst: there’s lots more than that.)

The chapters whose members are diverse in race, sexual orientation, physical appearance and economic status will continue to be so, and those that are homogeneous will continue to be so. The only thing that will change is who will be the new superstar as far as national headquarters and chapter awards are concerned.
33, you have made some fine posts!
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Old 05-08-2021, 01:34 PM
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Thanks. It’s just the utter hypocrisy that gets me - these populations we are trying so hard to attract were referred to as “undesirable” a couple decades ago.

If these changes actually lead to chapters full of women who love each other and relate to each other regardless of their deepest differences, it may be worth it. However, if it leads to tokenism, I’ll puke.
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Old 05-08-2021, 01:43 PM
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"I HATE tokenism," said this mother of 5 non-white daughters and also early, often token, female horticulturist.
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