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In reply to the discussion: Advice to white people during this momentous time in our history [View all]wnylib
(23,613 posts)But, for clarity, please read my post again to see whom I said were prevented from achieving recognition and success. I did not say that it was members of the Black Greek sororities that were prevented by racism from success and achievement. Neither did I say that was the case for VP Harris.
I did say that Blacks in general, especially Black women, were prevented from being successful. And that is historically true. But I did not write it well or clearly enough.
I should have said that it was often the case, because it certainly has not always been the case. I am aware that there have been and are successful Blacks who "learn early on to navigate around racism and patronization...." And that whole communities of successful Blacks have been physically attacked precisely because they were successful.
In my post, I guessed that when Black Greek sororities were established, they were a support system for Black women college students in a society that would not accept them in already established Greek sororities. But, since you called me out on that, I decided that I needed to learn more about them. I looked up articles on their history, goals, and achievements.
I learned that it is true that initially they did provide support and opportunity to be service organizations for Black women in college to commit to goals established by each individual Black Greek sorority. But they are much more than a "support system" for their members. They are committed to service in the world at large for promoting education, leadership, social improvements, and more.
These are links to a couple of the articles that I read. You might already be familiar with the information in them and might or might not agree with some or all of their content. But this is what I found. Other posters besides me might want to learn more about them.
https://www.simplycharmedgreek.com/blogs/news/divine-9-black-sororities-fraternities
https://lasentinel.net/womens-month-why-i-pledged.html
https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/african-american-sororities