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Originally Posted by NYC2008
"Marissa had a stereotype of being pre-dominantly asian. I did not notice it at all my first year because I was blind to it (I never got the chance to hear the stereotypes). However, now that I knew it exsisted, i saw it. I would say about 85% (not true stats at all) were asian. And what makes it worse was that there was one group of caucasions (like 5-6 girls) in the sorority that you could tell were only friends with each other. It was this wierd segregation and it did not make me feel good."
I'm Asian and I joined a "Caucasian" sorority. My sorority sisters were about 90% blonde. I understand your need to be brutally honest and your desire for a house that is diverse but your comment was a little contradictory to what you want. I also don't understand where you assumed that the few "Caucasians" in the house meant that the women were only friends with eachother. How can you ASSUME anything when you're not a member of the house. If a person wants a diverse house than what does it mean if a house is predominantly Caucasian? I have a feeling I know what you were trying to say but if you wanted to be brutally honest you would say that you did not want a house that was predominantly Asian. That is an honest statement and one that I can respect. I will assume that your rush took place in California. I went to school in the south and was the only Asian in my sorority but I chose the house based on the girls that I met because I was "clueless" about rush & the different ranks. I hope your story is a happy one but your reaction to "Marissa" was a little off putting. You don't even want to give it a chance based on the fact that it's predominantly Asian.
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eek. Clearly this is a RETRO recruitment thread, and clearly the OP has been BRUTALLY HONEST throughout it. She is even very open about other superficial factors she was looking at. I think we've all matured quite a bit since the days when we were all PNMs.
Coming from a Greek system that actually might be the OP's, if not very similar, I know exactly what she's talking about. She also is going through this second recruitment as a sophomore, so she has observed Marissa over the course of the year and stated that she saw cliques in action (not just during recruitment). It's not really a PC thing for her to admit, but she's being honest, and she apparently would have honestly felt like an outsider in a predominantly Asian house. And for the record, it sounds like the house she was describing wasn't very diverse at all, in fact it sounds pretty homogenous.
Just my two cents.....
On with the story!!