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(09-17-2013 09:47 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(09-17-2013 08:33 PM)dfarr Wrote:  I'm partly torn on the whole issue. One part agrees with it being ****** that this girl who according to reports was a more than perfect for candidate aside from her skin pigmentation not getting a bid. The part that I don't agree with is their being a "forced integration" of Greek organizations.

Now before the lynch mob gets riled up, hear me out.

My problem with there being this forced stuff is how is it going to be implemented. Is every girl going to get a bid, or just the black rushees? Not every man or woman who rushes gets a bid. These groups are meant to be exclusive, not necessarily all inclusive. Who will be able to decide the membership after the new rules are put in? The university? Is there going to be a new office of Greek diversity created to oversee that every Greek organization has x% of minorities?

I'm also curious as to how many black women have actually gone through rush in the past? My wife was in a sorority at UAT and she can't remember a single one. So is all this fervor being riled up over a once in a blue moon incident? Also, do any of the black fraternities and sororities in campus have white members, or has a similar thing happened in any of the NPHC (traditionally black) organizations?

Yeah, I mean, the members wanting to vote her in, getting blocked by alumni specifically because she was black should totally be ignored because it only happens every now and then.

My main point is that this could lead to a knee jerk over correction.

Also, someone could look good on paper but suck in real life. I saw plenty of it during my time in college.