Sorority Women Shafted

[lillibet]

Here's the NY Times article that caught my attention this morning. The DePauw University chapter of Delta Zeta is being re-organized by their national, in such a way that all the non-white, non-skinny women have been asked to leave. I'm not a huge supporter of the Greek system, but I do know how important a person's house can be to them and some

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[orbitalmechanic]

I want to read that article but the link's not working.

[lillibet]

Whoops! Should work now. It's http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/education/25sorority.html?pagewanted=all

[hammercock]

I read that last night and had the same reaction. It's bad enough to have to put up with those sterotypes from men, but even more galling when fellow women reinforce them. Feh.

[pekmez]

Wow, that's pretty appalling

[plumtreeblossom]

Pretty twisted.

I'm glad my college had no Greek system.

[intuition_ist]

the greek system, by and large, is built around reinforcing the standard stereotypes. good for the DZs that bucked the system -- looks like there are enough of them that they might be able to form their own sorority (if they're still interested in such things afterward).

carefully not thinking of red-hot umbrellas and a certain MIT frat

[sethg_prime]

carefully not thinking of red-hot umbrellas and a certain MIT frat

The one that was dissolved by its national organization, allegedly for being insufficiently Jewish?

[starphire]

:)