On September 25 of last year, one female student attempted to rush the Alpha Gamma Delta (AGD) sorority at the University of Georgia; she was never invited back. The sorority was an all white sorority and she was black. The sorority was said to have discriminated against this potential member because this student was black. Outraged, that she would not even be considered for membership, the young black woman made the university aware of the situation (Hohman).
The allegations were answered with a letter from one of the current sorority members. The letter outlined the reasons that the sorority would not accept the black candidate.
In this letter, one of the sorority sisters said that, If we had a black girl in our sorority, none of the fraternities would want to do anything with us (Hohman).
The university felt that some sort of punishment was needed for the sorority and all the members of Alpha Gamma Delta were required to go to racial-sensitivity training following a two-week suspension. That was the only punishment imposed (Hohman).
The universitys Greek system consists of either all-white or all-black organizations, with admitted little mixing of the races when it comes to Greek life. North Carolina State University is not much different. Out of the 11 sororities that have chapters at North Carolina State University, only one is multi-cultural (AKA, DST, SGR, TNX, and ZPB homepages).
The enduring proposal of segregated sororities and fraternities makes it hard for students to accept each others differences. Naturally, one feels more comfortable around people that are like themselves; however, if this segregation persists no progress is made with this delicate race relation problem. Since the university indirectly supports, or at least they have not tried to abolish, the concept of segregated Greek life this could be considered indirect institutionalized discrimination (Thomas, Feb. 1).
The Essay on Fraternities And Sororities Greek University Women
I read two articles that were very contrasting on the ideas of Greek letter societies, better known as Greek Life. The first article was titled, "University Announces Ban on Fraternities and Sororities" from the Metropolitan Desk, and the second was titled, "For Some Women at Harvard, Greek Is a Scream" from the Style Desk. One was about banning Greek Life, and the other about how Greek Life can ...
The practice of having segregated Greek life is not directly trying to hurt people, but indirectly it can affect many people. In addition, the segregation of these sororities could be considered a form of Internal Colonialism (Thomas, Feb.
13).
Racial groups are forming their own colonies where assimilation does not take place (Thomas, Jan. 23).
Theta Nu Xi is the only sorority at North Carolina State University that is open to women of mixed cultures. They pride themselves on accepting all people and celebrating their differences (TNX homepage).
More sororities should follow their lead.
The solution for the wars between races will not arise immediately, however, if everyone starts small, like the desegregation of sororities and fraternities, in no time, strides will be made in not only the college communities, but also the world. Aguirre, Adalberto and Jonathan Turner. American Ethnicity. McGraw-Hill. New York:2001. Alpha Kappa Alpha. Homepage: http://www.ncsu.edu/stud orgs/frat sor/Alpha kappa alpha. Delta Sigma Theta. Homepage: http://www.ncsu.edu/stud orgs/frat sor/delta sigma theta.
Hohman, Kimberly. University of Georgia Sorority Snubs a Sister. http://www.race.about.com/newsissues/racerelations /library/weekly/aa092500a.htm. Sigma Gamma Rho. Homepage: http://www.sgr1922.org/ Theta Nu Xo. Homepage: http://www.thetanuxi.org/beta/index.html Thomas, Melvin. Sociology 305. Class Lecture Notes. February 1, 2001. Thomas, Melvin.
Sociology 305. Class Lecture Notes. February 13, 2001. Thomas, Melvin. Sociology 305. Class Lecture Notes. January 23, 2001.
Zeta Phi Beta. Homepage: http://www.ncsu.edu/stud orgs/frat sor/zeta phi beta/.
Bibliography:
Bibliography Aguirre, Adalberto and Jonathan Turner. American Ethnicity. McGraw-Hill. New York:2001. Alpha Kappa Alpha. Homepage: http://www.ncsu.edu/stud orgs/frat sor/Alpha kappa alpha.
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Steve Cokely-Sometimes someone will want to look better for having access to certain information and as opposed to using it effectively, to advance the mass of our people, they try to take the info to the enemy and entertain them about what they already know, to show that they know more than other black people. This piece is dedicated to brut ha Steve Cokely for his tireless efforts to 'seek and ...
Delta Sigma Theta. Homepage: http://www.ncsu.edu/stud orgs/frat sor/delta sigma theta. Hohman, Kimberly. University of Georgia Sorority Snubs a Sister. http://www.race.about.com/newsissues/racerelations /library/weekly/aa092500a.htm. Sigma Gamma Rho. Homepage: http://www.sgr1922.org/ Theta Nu Xo. Homepage: http://www.thetanuxi.org/beta/index.html Thomas, Melvin. Sociology 305. Class Lecture Notes. February 1, 2001.
Thomas, Melvin. Sociology 305. Class Lecture Notes. February 13, 2001. Thomas, Melvin. Sociology 305. Class Lecture Notes.
January 23, 2001. Zeta Phi Beta. Homepage: http://www.ncsu.edu/stud orgs/frat sor/zeta phi beta/..
