I am a student at William and Mary curious about racism and general exclusion in Greek Life. I hope to expose what is going on and examine the history of racism in Greek Life. I am also curious whether student believe Greek Life is a system that can be reformed and what they would propose to do that, or if it is irredeemable and should be abolished completely.
From the tone of your request for information it sounds like you have a serious axe to grind. Hard to be objective with that attitude.
Looks like there are at least 3 historically black fraternities and 5 historically black sororities on campus…
First of all, it sounds like you may have experienced exclusion and/or racism, and I am sorry if that happened to you. I would say that the majority of your fellow students would stand with you against those harmful attitudes/actions.
Secondly, I don’t think this is the best place to address your concerns. Please consider reaching out to your fellow William & Mary students, person-to-person. I do know that the sororities have mission statements, by-laws and action plans which emphasize diversity and inclusion. Here is one sorority for example:
https://www.gammaphibeta.org/getattachment/3195e9c6-ba80-4bc4-8eac-3eff522d36f2/attachment
I would suggest reaching out to the different fraternities/sororities and asking to talk to someone about diversity. Many have committees to educate the membership and seek ways to become more inclusive.
I would also suggest reaching out to the National Pan-Hellenic Council at W&M which is the governing council for 5 of the 9 historically African American fraternities and sororities on campus:
https://www.wm.edu/offices/fsl/who-we-are/nationalpanhelleniccouncil/index.php
There is also a service-based Latina sorority at W&M:
https://www.facebook.com/WMSIA/
I hope this is helpful and I wish you all the best in your desire to have a conversation with W&M students about Greek life, diversity and inclusion. I do suggest that you avoid using the word “irredeemable” about organizations which provide a ton of support for students, advocate for mental health services, and are very involved in multiple community service projects and philanthropies. I graduated from W&M in '93, and my daughter is there now. I know you will find many students who are eager to work on this problem. Best wishes!