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Originally posted by LatinaAlumna
This might be true for some segment of a college population, but here we are discussing minority women who are seeking sorority membership, and why they do or don't go NPC. However, to address your reply here, I think you are making a very broad generalization about people who speak other languages (your reference to the "fact" that people who don't like to speak English will be less likely to gravitate towards organizations that do). I knew of several Latinas at my university that joined Chi Omega, and according to them, they spoke Spanish all the time at the house. Apparently they did not prefer to speak English outside of school, but yet they still joined an "English speaking" organization because that is the sorority they wanted to be a part of. They didn't let this "language" thing that you are describing stop them.
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While you might see the language issue as a "broad generalization," it's actually based on my own personal experience. Growing up, the Asian students at school just didn't join clubs that required lots of speaking. You'd rarely find a Chinese girl in the debating or drama club at my high school. There were times when I was the token Asian in drama. Oddly enough, the choir was half Asian. Band was very Asian. Art was also very Asian, and Classics more white. I found that this pattern reflected when I was an undergraduate.