What is Diversity?

[sugar and spice]

It bothers me that when using the term "diversity" it's become a shortcut for "racial diversity."

When I say my chapter's diverse, I do mean that we have sisters of several different races, but also that we also have sisters with incredibly varied religions, political opinions, majors, hometowns, interests, backgrounds and especially personalities. We have everybody from the shy, reserved girls to the sarcastic loudmouths to the gorgeous party girls. And of course, most chapters can say that -- but it's especially true for us. We've actually been told by girls that later joined the house that when they met girls from other houses, they all blended together, but in our chapter there were major differences despite the fact that we all seemed to get along really well, and that they loved that and that was the biggest reason they joined.

I know this is different for everyone, but for me (being a whitey and all), the racial composition of my chapter wasn't something I cared too much about -- I was much more concerned with finding a chapter that was diverse in terms of personalities.