Delta Zeta Sorority Chapter Accused of Racism, Bullying by Former Member

For speaking out against my sorority for condoning these actions. You see, the president along with several members of the executive board were involved in the conversation. When I brought the situation to the attention of the Dean of Students at ATU I was told there was nothing-

To her saying they were “so sorry they mocked her race and joked about her being shot by an active shooter” as if that somehow made up for it. As you can see, no one was immune from their jokes. Women tearing down WOC. Nice. pic.twitter.com/vytkmWrMdw

At the time this conversation was taking place in our chapter GroupMe, I was working in the campus tutoring center. Seeing these notifications come in on my phone made my stomach sick. I showed my co workers and they were equally disturbed.

When word got out that I was upset about the GroupMe conversation and had gone to Kevin Solomon (who was over Greek Life at the time) I was written to standards for “breaking sorority confidentiality” where the standards board suspended me with the recommendation to be dismissed. pic.twitter.com/bxW0wJ0SvV

The reason I have covered up the names of the girls involved is because I know this happened 4 years ago. I’m not posting these for them to be bullied. I know that the comments made back then do not represent the views of {some} of the girls who participated in the conversation.

It’s situations like this. It’s the blind eye that’s turned by PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF POWER. Say THEIR names— Kevin Solomon. Amy Pennington. Bailey Taylor. Allison Parks Taylor. Will Frankenbarger.
That enable the systemic racism in college organizations.

The President threatened to fine anyone $100 for talking to me after I was dismissed from chapter. And if that wasn’t enough, she created a narrative to tell people when people asked why I was kicked out. She claimed that I had stole money from DZ when I was VP of Finance,

When I reported the bullying to @ArkansasTech they told me that since they did not have video evidence of anything happening, there wasn’t anything they could do.

where I found myself questioning every part of myself and my relationships with my friends. It was a period of self reflection that in the end made me a better person, but I’m not going to lie—I almost didn’t make it out of that depression alive.

But were too afraid to speak up. They made an example out of me. A sick and twisted way to do it, & I have to wonder what their hearts look like today. Bailey Taylor never apologized to me, no one who was involved with my dismissal has EVER admitted being wrong or took ownership

Months ago I tried to reach out to Bailey to see if we could talk through things and bury the hatchet. For closure on my end, I guess. Bailey Taylor still has no comment on the issue. She blocked me 😬 pic.twitter.com/MZqFiZBRuS