Audiences and sorority members were left aghast at this Monday’s forum after watching a 5-7 minutes clip of the outrageous, so-called sisters on VH1’s controversial television series, “Sorority Sisters.” The Daily Eastern News, for one, was also left speechless after watching clips of the show.

The “Real Sorority Sisters Discuss: ‘Sorority Sisters,’” hosted by the Zeta Phi Beta sorority was a forum discussion about the show that aired on VH1. The offensive behavior portrayed throughout the 10 episodes prompted the furious outcry of faithful female members of Greekdom.

“Sorority Sisters” was a VH1 reality television series that featured post-collegiate women who were members of four historically black female Greek organizations: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta and Sigma Gamma Rho.

Due to the increasingly disappointed population of black Greek viewers and several of the Greek national headquarters of these sororities, the show was swiftly pulled off the air. Many of the participants on the series were expelled or suspended from their organizations.

The News can only agree with this decision, and we share a similar uneasiness as the proud Greek sisters do. We cannot stand for a show that essentially demeans and misrepresents the black female, Greek organizations, especially when the young women at our very school have so vehemently expressed their distaste for the show.

The seven women on the discussion panel representing seven different sorority organizations here at Eastern debated that there were similarities between the series and other foolish shows like “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and “Love and Hip-Hop.” Others expressed that there was really no difference between “Sorority Sisters” and those shows.

There are numerous reasons as to why headquarters fought to have the show cut from VH1—reasons that The News would like to support.

It is unfair to allow a show—a group of irresponsible to hinder the image of black Greek organizations. Expelling and suspending the members was a decision that had to be made to convey to a larger audience that claiming you are a proud member of a Greek organization in a commercialized, dramatized television show is a disloyal act.

The young women on the series have shared trade sacred traditions and secrets for the world to know about, and their raunchy, catty attitudes compel audiences to associate all black female Greek organizations with the women who appear on the series. While it is a form of entertainment, it is the ultimate disrespect to take one’s considered family name and defame that name with stereotypical images.

Sororities mentioned how the show can negatively contribute to young women’s decisions in joining a sorority. Some may feel attracted to join because of the show’s superficial portrayal of Greekdom.

Greekdom is essentially an extension of one’s self. It is more than a business; it is a family. A fraternities and sororities stand for brotherhood and sisterhood—a bond bound so tightly that it can and does and will continue to effect generations to come.

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.