ABSTRACT
The entrance of non-Black members into the specifically racialized organizations of Black Greek life is influenced by both symbolic and social boundaries. Symbolic boundaries are the divisions between objects, people, and practices that operate as a "system of rules that guide interaction by affecting who comes together to engage in what social act". This chapter provides four ways that respondents expressed their approaches to joining and participating in a Black Greek-letter organizations (BGLO) as a non-Black member: colorblind crossing, careful crossing, challenging by crossing, and collective crossing. It highlights how non-Black BGLO members go about the ongoing accomplishment of reforming their identities and finding belonging in these majority-Black networks and communities. The chapter explores the impact of their organizational membership on their identities also reflected how they viewed and understood their gender identities, as well as the connection between race and gender.
