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Would race matter
I am transferring to a new school next semester because I'm coming from a community college and they do not have Greek life. My problem is beside being a junior, is that I'm Asian. The school that I'm transferring to is made up of at least 80% Caucasians. Also when i visit each of the sororities website, I notice that the girls that join are all Caucasian. Would being a different race be a disadvantaged to me when i rush? Would the girls feel that since I look different i would not fit in?
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I sure would hope not.
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Instead of paying attention to numbers and percentages and stuff you see on websites, just go through recruitment and get to know the members and see for yourself. Just because the pictures you see all have Caucasian girls does not mean they look down on Asians. Depending on which campus you'll be transferring to and how competitive recruitment is, being a junior may or may not affect your chances of getting a bid. Make sure your grades meet the sororities' standards and make sure you're prepared for recruitment. There are lots of recruitment advice threads here that you might find useful. Don't waste your time worrying about the petty stuff. |
Three of my daughters, who are Asian, have pledged "historically white" sororities in the past 5 years. In addition, they have all won awards (such as Homecoming Court) that the student bodies of their schools or their sororities had to vote on.
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LOL. Asian Americans stopped being an ostracized and excluded racial and ethnic minority group years ago. When studies of employment, residential, and educational exclusion are conducted, Asians are typically not one of the groups with the disparities. Asians are now considered the "model minority" and the stereotypes of Asians are deemed mostly positive stereotypes (many people think being stereotyped as smart is a positive stereotype with no negative effects--I disagree). So unless this young lady is entrenched in traditional Asian culture and language to create a culture clash, she will most likely assimilate into whatever the scene of that Caucasian sorority is. |
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just don't let people in the fact that you can do triple integrals and differential equations in your head, and you'll be just fine.
and don't skip on tree tops, either. that would bode negatively for you. |
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You know some Asians have been getting that eye surgery to remove the slanting and doing other things to appear more "white." They deserve public ridicule. |
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So if you had said your olive skin was because you were Spanish or Italian, you would be set for life. Your other features could be overlooked I guess. Filipino snack. |
We had Asian girls in our house over 25 years ago, and we never thought twice about it back then.
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If being Asian is a problem, then that must be the only solution.:rolleyes: Anyway, all girls who join NPC sororities are not white. |
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well, i have a hispanic name.....i wonder if that corrective eye surgery would help me blend in in south america. :thinking: |
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Then you'd have to make sure you don't act "too Hispanic" so that people don't think you aren't a born citizen. Either that or move to a Sanctuary State so you can do whatever you please. |
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i've already been labeled as a sellout. |
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Filipino turned Hispanic. People in ATL will like you less than people in Miami. Be prepared. :D |
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will it affect my ***** intake? because you know that's the only reason i moved here. |
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i cry on the inside |
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What kind of intake are we referring to? PM me, please, if it's apparently too risque for the main forums... |
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uhhhh.....
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Going back to OP, would you really want to be a part of that organization if this is a legit concern?
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I would say you have bigger issues to focus on than whether a sorority is going to take you, if you're making comments like this about yourself. :( |
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I think people should do what they feel is right, rather what society deems correct. |
Ah, you all, you could probably ease up.
Do you imagine the OP really has a problem being a junior too? It's pretty clear that she was asking about things that the groups could potentially see as problems during recruitment. And as much as we hope race and ethnicity aren't even going to be issues and know they shouldn't be in terms of GLO policies, who among us can be absolutely sure they won't be? I agree with others who have posted that they don't think being Asian will be an issue, but it's a reasonable question. If you've ever read some of the "fratty" forums, you'd know that some idiots are still interested in discriminating. |
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What a sensitive bunch. |
^^ Not trying to be 'sensitive', but I interpreted the OP's statement not as thinking that being Asian was a problem, but wondering if being Asian would be a factor that would cause some groups to drop her. She could have worded it better, but that is what I think she is concerned about.
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I have a few friends, they are asians, and yet they joined NPCs. Some of them are even the only asian in their sorority. All it matters is your mindset. If you are afraid that being asian will affect your chances, with that mindset, you may end up being "rejected" because you don't feel comfortable about yourself to open up. |
I think that there are many worthwhile organizations that probably have individual members who might act in a discriminatory way. But if the aims of the groups were noble and the groups itself wasn't fundamentally about discrimination, I can see why a person might be worried about discrimination and interested in joining at the same time.
As an overly simply example, suppose I want to be a volunteer firefighter. If the group is presently overwhelmingly male, I might wonder if my being female is going to be a problem in my full inclusion in the group. Now, I know that I can force my way into the firefighters if I'm otherwise qualified in a way that's different from a social sorority, but I don't think the fundamental question of whether other people's tendency to discriminate will be a problem is much different. I don't think the OP indicated any fundamental self esteem issues or craziness by asking. |
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I'll trade you your adobo card for my halo-halo card. |
Being Asian shouldn't be a "problem" for membership in an NPC group, anymore than being Latina or African American is. It could be a consideration, though, and anyone who subscribes to the model minority myth is simply ignorant.
My chapter had many girls of all races, religions and ethnicities, but it would be inaccurate to say that all campuses and chapters have this kind of representation, when they clearly don't. Not that GLOs are equal opportunity groups anyway. The answer to whether race is a barrier to entry depends on where you go to school and perhaps which houses you are interested in joining. Some embrace diversity, and others are not focused on that. I'm glad to see more diversity in the collegiate pictures of my GLO magazine year after year at many chapters. While the chapters in the deep south are comprised of mostly caucasian girls, that could be demographics in part--are there many Asian girls at schools such as Ole Miss? To the OP: if you want to go through FR, then do it. The junior status will not help but might not be as big a barrier as you think. Race is always out there--sometimes viewed positively, sometimes not. Only you can decide whether it should scare you off from meeting some potentially wonderful friends in a house, or simply be a physical characteristic that is one more way to show how fabulous you are. If you have a lot to offer a house in the way of leadership, academics, community service, and other talents, those qualities will come across well when you meet people, and the girls in the houses SHOULD meet someone like you because they need those qualities in their members. Yes, there are people in GLOs who could be more openminded, but this is life in general, isn't it? |
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there's no way any self respecting filipino should ever give up the halo halo card. that's like the highest rank a flip could ever achieve. you'd be taking a downgrade. unless it's for day old adobo. chicken that is. |
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