Every now and then I conduct Internet research looking for news articles on multicultural Greeks. A great article was published this past Friday in the student newspaper at the University of Alabama. The school, whose Greek system has been traditionally segregated between white and black organizations, is now going through a great deal of cultural integration. The integration is happening within both predominantly white and black organizations. White students are joining historically black organizations and black students are joining historically white ones. One of the newest sororities at UA is Sigma Lambda Gamma, a historically Latina-based sorority with multicultural membership.
The University is also embracing multicultural organizations. The school has had a chapter of Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority since 2002. Multicultural Greek life is still relatively new when you look at the greater history of fraternities and sororities, however the forming of these multicultural groups at the University of Alabama is a good sign. Multicultural fraternities and sororities are growing nationwide and have the potential to be found eventually on every college/university campus that welcomes a Greek system.
I would like to thank Miss S. for inviting me to write for this blog and for creating a forum to discuss Multicultural Greeks Today.
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