ganizations like Jack & Jill and Links have a significant majority of light-skinned Blacks reside (25). Such organizations are in many cases struggling to maintain their so-called tradition of admitting Blacks with light skin. Skin color also plays a role in the social status of college students today. Some Greek organizations continue to use racial requirements as a means of determining membership. The status quo and/or esteem of a Greek organization largely depend on the amount of light-skinned members. The highly regarded Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity must still contend with reputations for being partial toward Blacks with light skin and good hair (30). According to a study performed by Robert Hall, light-skinned students aimed for far more prestigious jobs than their darker-skinned peers (30). This type of concept is a result of the use of racial discrimination as an admission requirement for colleges. Many of todays highly respected historical Black colleges served as grooming grounds for mulattoes (28). Even at Spelman, one of the most prestigious Black women colleges in America, color tests were given to applicants (28). At schools like these, the mulattoes were offered liberal arts educations, whereas their darker counter-parts attended technical schools. Advocates of industrial education were often darker-skinned while proponents of liberal arts studies tended to be members of the mulatto elite (29). Therefore, darker-skinned Blacks were given occupations in construction and housekeeping, whereas mulattoes were given the opportunity to mingle with the White society.Virtually every major urban center across the country has a section where predominantly light-skinned Blacks reside (25). Major cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York have been separated into communities in which only mulattoes are welcome to settle. The most extreme case of this is found in a historical neighborh...
