<p>I am a multiracial incoming freshman at Northwestern. I'm very interested in going greek. I'm not sure about whether i should join a historically caucasian or historically african american sorority. While i feel i will identify more with the historically caucasian sorority, i'm concerned about being judged or sticking out. I wanted to hear from any current student/sorority members how diverse the Panhellenic sororities are and if there are any stigmas that come along with joining a predominantly caucasian sorority as a non-caucasian or if this discussion is completely ridiculous altogether. Thank you in advance. </p>
<p>Hi nugirl. I’m an alum and parent of a current student. (I’m white.) </p>
<p>Even in “my day” - mid-eighties - my sorority, which was generally regarded as one of the better ones, had members of different ethnicities. We had a Hispanic president my sophomore year, a black president the year after I graduated, and members of all different ethnic backgrounds - though I would be lying if I said it wasn’t predominantly white. I have served as an advisor to my chapter in the past few years. My “little sister” happens to be Hispanic, and I know there are Indian, Middle Eastern and Eastern Asian girls in the house because I’ve seen them. I’ve not seen any black girls, which doesn’t mean that there aren’t, I just haven’t seen them. (I certainly haven’t met everyone in the house now, just a few girls as I’ve visited there.</p>
<p>When I was rushing (I was a rush director), a girl’s race never came up in any way whatsoever. Either we liked her or we didn’t. There was no “stigma.” This isn’t like the U of Alabama where we have to fan ourselves in horror that a black girl might darken our doorstep. Good luck to you - I’m sure you’ll do fine.</p>
<p>Thank you, pizzagirl! This gave great insight. After seeing the short “rushed” documentary, which I know has been greatly criticized, I was really concerned about how judgmental the process can be. </p>
<p>Nice information</p>