The REAL Sorority Sisters

By: Adina Houston

The VH1 reality show “Sorority Sisters” spawned criticism and controversy upon its airing earlier this year. Many people have had complaints about how the stars of the show misrepresented the historically African-American sororitiesthey were a part of, including many women who are members of the "Divine Nine" sororities on our own campus. These women took it upon themselves to exhibit what they believe it means to truly to be sorority sister.

The programbegan with a skit with ladies from each sorority acting out their most infamous stereotypes. Although it was funny, the skit was used to address the fact that the females actually aren’t the stereotypes people have created. After the skit and an introduction from the host, the people were split into three groups and dispersed to three stations around the room. In order to let us know that we are capable of more than arguing with each other on television, the “Table of Success” station tested us on our black history and featured the biographies of successful sorors such as author Zora Neale Hurston, actress Phylicia Rashad, and politician Shirley Chisholm. Another table had a game in which participants were given an outrageous quote and had to determine which reality television star said it. A third table had members of the sororities giving information and answering questions about their sorority. During the final portion of the program, there was a large Q&A.

Serving as an interest meeting for women who were considering joining our university’s NPHC sororities, the program featured various members of the following sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta, Inc. There was a slideshow that played throughout the event with pictures of women from all sororities spending time together. It is important to note that although all of the women of NPHC were wearing their own sorority’s colors and clothing, they did so in their own way and in their own expressive style, enforcing the fact that each woman in the sororities is her own individual with her own unique personality.

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