Diversity doesn't always mean color. My sorority was compiled of all white females, but we were all very diverse in our own respect. Our backgrounds were different, our style, personality, lifestyle. Just because they were all white doesn't mean that they were all the same. That to me seems to be lumping all people together 'all white people are the same' which we all know isn't true.
How could she have not heard other racisms before now? Easily. I've been best friends with the same girls now for 14 years, I still can find out things about them that I never knew. Women find out things about their husbands (and vise versa) that they never knew years down the road, this is just another one of those examples.
I don't think she was a coward for leaving the school. She was smart--legally. If she had stayed, of course she would be uncomfortable living in the house. She had gone before her sisters and asked to be excused from her housing contract, and she was denied. She was treated badly by the existing sisters in the house, why would you want to live with these people? If she moved out anyway, she risks being sued by the sorority for breaking contract. On campus, she might have some serious problems with slander and pranks (childish stuff), threats, etc. I personally wouldn't want to go through that.
I personally doubt that this young lady had an ulterier motive. Look at what she gave up and what she took in return, her misfortune from this incident is much much higher than the perks.
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