women of color
by: Wondering in WIWhich houses, if any, are most likely to take women of color? I'm more interested in a traditional Panhellenic sorority but my Mom doesn't think I'll stand a chance being OOS and diversity. I would appreciate people being honest so I don't waste my time.
#1 by: don't worry
Wondering- I can only speak for my sorority personally, but race is not a factor. grades, how put together you are, your ability to interact with the women you meet, involvement in high school and confidence- those matter. But your race is NOT a factor. Unfortunately, the Greek system has a long history of being a pretty white-dominated system, so not that many diverse people choose to go through recruitment, but race is NOT an issue for getting cut from a chapter.
Comment#2 by: pnm
I am in the exact same position as you are! During Summer Welcome, I spoke with a lot of other girls from various cultural backgrounds who were interested in rushing. I think you should definitely rush anyways, and we'll be right there with you on bid day (hopefully)!!!
#3 by: Proud
I am proud that when I look at the PNMs going through rush and when I see the women who are thrilled with their bids that there are many, many women of color. I will be honest, my house can get a bit critical during rush, but I have never, ever heard a discriminatory comment. We have minorities in our house and I am quite sure that's the case with every other house, too.
#5 by: Warning
Fair warning, you will see a ton of skinny little blonde white girls when you rush. It may be intimidating and you might feel like you've made a mistake. But I'm half Korean and I stuck with it and got my second choice house. It might feel like you have no chance but houses do not discriminate based on race.
by: GuestJul 24, 2014 5:07:58 PM
Absolutely. In fact our new PHA president is part of the LGBTQ community and just last year we had another who didn't fall in the typical gender binary get nominated for homecoming court as a homecoming King, not a Queen.
I don't want to mislabel this wonderful greeks but I believe our new PHA president is genderqueer and the one who ran for King is trans? Again, please correct me if I'm wrong.
The point is that while the entire greek system may look a bit white washed, the only thing that will stop you from succeeding in our greek community is a lack of ambition on your part. The girls who hold office and such are the ambitious, driven ones. If you've got that, nothing should be able to stop you :)
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by: Thank you!Jul 25, 2014 10:12:35 PM
I knew I'd screwed that up somehow. But yes, Mizzou is definitely at the forefront of breaking down the barriers of what is stereotypically considered "normal" in Greek Life.
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by: HopefulJul 24, 2014 4:42:07 PM
As a PNM, most of this site has been a turn-off (the nasty comments, most of which seem fictional shed a poor light on the Greek System) BUT there are bits of helpful info. like this string of comments. As a WOC, there were not many racially diverse girls at the Panhellenic info. meeting at Summer Welcome. However, I still plan to go through Recruitment and am hopeful. I really like to get involved and have a lot of leadership experience. If I am lucky enough to make it into a sorority, do I have a chance at all of holding an office, or being a Pi Chi, etc.??
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