picture-39.pngInsideVandy, Vanderbilt University’s online community, recently posted an article about Erica Schlemmer, the first and only White member of the Vanderbilt Delta Sigma Theta chapter. Schlemmer says that she dropped out of her Panhellenic sorority to join Delta Sigma Theta:

Schlemmer had to know the same amount of information to join the chapter and had to take the same tests as the other sisters, but more than everyone else, she had to know exactly why she wanted to do it.


“More people asked me — because of my color — why I wanted to do it.”


Schlemmer said her membership in Delta Sigma Theta was accepted by Vandy students, many whom even considered her decision fascinating.


Most opposition came from black students at surrounding schools.


“I had to prove myself,” Schlemmer said. “Girls would look at me and think, ‘You don’t look like me, so why are you here?’”

You can check out the full story here.