maybe she can go to Berkeley for grad school? That’s what I’m doing for my #1 pick or at least that is the plan I still have 2 more years before grad school. I feel more connected with other black women (I have a similar background as your daughter) than I have in my entire life if I hadn’t gone to an HBCU and feel I…

Good for you lady. Did you come here to brag about your fucking kids?

As a black women who pledged a white sorority. I can tell you without reservation that your daughter’s experience in college will be much better without being in a white sorority. I was kicked out of a sorority at a major D-1 university in the Midwest because I am black. It was a horrible ordeal. I do not wish it on…

As a women’s college grad, I strongly suggest a serious look. I didn’t go because it was a WC, I went for the $, but it was a serious life-altering experience to live outside of the Men First universe for a few years. No amount of liberalism elsewhere can touch it for changing your own brain, self-perception, etc.

I was treated horribly by Alpha Omicron Pi because I was a legacy. I was already active with another on-campus group (non-Greek), and had a large social circle when I pledged in my Sophomore year. Since my friends (and I) were non-Greeks, and “geeky/smart” and had interests beyond sex, booze, and parties, this was…

I understand your concerns with the modern Greek system, but I would urge you to investigate each school as individual systems rather than stereotyping them all. As an Alpha Phi alum from an ivy league school, I reaped huge benefits from my experience — which did not resemble the video currently being circulated in…

Thanks for sharing that. Interestingly enough, I was the first black member of a chapter of a large midwest based sorority at my school. My school was located on the east coast. Anyway, I started pledging with my white best friend because she didn’t want to do it alone and I didn’t take it too seriously. They ended up…

I’m rooting for her to choose the HBCU. But Black Greek Life is just as bad as White Greek Life. Colorism and legacy drama all around. My mother pushes me to join hers but I’m not about that legacy life.

I am financial member of a BGLO Sorority and I can tell you that we have many active members that are not Black. My involvement is life long but I think it is definitely driven by the commitment I have to improve my local community. Many of us are very active in our churches, outside community organizations and are…

You sound like a great mother. Your daughters do you proud. And no, they certainly do not need sororities to succeed. I’m frankly astounded at all the attention paid to that system overall. (Of course I attended Berkeley in the early 70s, when sororities and frats were so irrelevant that they rented out rooms to…

You lucked out!

Go Mom! I love that you did your due diligence on diversity to support your girl and sorry that the reality wasn’t more encouraging. It sounds like your amazing kids will have enough to keep them busy and we will all benefit from proud, well-loved young women getting their education.