Pledged: #5

One of the most startling things the book talks about is the racism in mostly Southern sororities, mainly using the University of Alabama as an example. At that school in particular there is segregation going on in the 21st century and although it is illegal nothing is being done about it. The white girls rush in the fall and black girls in the winter. A black girl who was raised in a white area her whole life and whose father was the largest black land owner in the United States wanted to rush during the fall. She did not get a bid from any of the sororities her freshman year. There was nothing wrong with her. She was pretty, nice and clearly had the money to pay her dues but the color of her skin made her and unacceptable candidate. The next year she decided that sometimes it happens to girls and refused to admit that she was not accepted back because the color of her skin since white people had always accepted her in the past. After all it was the 21st century and segregation had ended years ago. But during her second time rushing in the fall she again did not get a bid from any sorority. That spoke to me. A lot of the stories in the book are from Southern schools and I wish she included more about schools from the North and other areas because I think it puts a strong bias on the book. Although I'm sure at every school there are sororities considered white, black and Jewish but the fact that the discrimination is so strong and true is sad for this day and age.