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Black Greeks unite to get VH1's 'Sorority Sisters' off air

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buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Unlike the image that was portrayed on the first episode of VH1's "Sorority Sisters," where grown women ganged up and verbally bashed each other, nearly coming to blows in the name of sisterhood,  members of Black Greek organizations are uniting to get the show cancelled.  They feel the show is an affront to Black Greek life at large.  During its Monday night premiere, social media was heavy with criticism about how negatively Black women (and the one white soror, a member of Delta Sigma Theta) were depicted on the show. The name "Sorority Girls" may give the impression the is  about  college girls.  The catty cast members featured on the show are full grown, post-college, and at various level of their lives and careers.  The fact that the show is focusing on women who are not college aged makes sense because as the intro of the show indicates, Black sororities make the...